En entrevue avec Chris Van Vliet, Paul Heyman a affirmé que la AEW représente un atout important pour la lutte professionnelle.
Le gérant et porte-parole bien connu de la WWE soutient que la AEW a permis à plusieurs lutteurs d’améliorer leur situation financière.
De plus, la AEW bénéficie d’une grande visibilité au niveau de la diffusion à la télé, tout en offrant une bonne alternative à la WWE.
“It shortchanged the compensation packages for a lot of talent, because there was a wolf across the river named Tony Khan that had a billion dollar checkbook that he could afford to pay a lot more money for talent than talent was making.”
“So it certainly changed the compensation for talent. “hey’re on a viable network; they have a style that’s different from WWE’s. They present an alternative, if not a competitive brand.”
Heyman croit que la lutte professionnelle a besoin de cette compétition, ce qui représente une source de motivation pour la WWE pour se surpasser.
“Am I glad that they’re there? Absolutely. I love the fact that there is an alternative for an audience. Love the fact that there’s something else out there. Love the fact that there’s something that captures the imagination of the pro wrestling slash sports entertainment, if we still use that phrase today, audience. I’m glad, I wish there were more promotions out there right now. It’s just going to make us work harder to be better than all of them. We certainly have the advantage in terms of distribution in terms of lineage of this industry.”


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