In the past, we've heard that Vince McMahon doesn't see IMPACT Wrestling, Ring of Honor, or New Japan Pro Wrestling as competition but what about All Elite Wrestling? It's no secret that WWE is trying to keep talent around by offering them big money contracts so they're clearly concerned and now WWE Co-President George Barrios has weighed in on the matter.
"The best comment I've ever heard was from Reed Hastings who said, 'Sleep is competition,'" he revealed during a recent interview. "He nailed it. You are competing for people's time. So, whether it's Fortnite, the NBA, Kung Fu novels – we are fighting for people's time."
"So, everyone is a competitor at everything. So yeah, AEW has announced and welcome to the game."
That's a good way of talking around the matter and WWE definitely appears to be trying to brush off All Elite Wrestling as just another wrestling company. Seeing as a TV deal for the company is said to be "virtually done," there's a very good chance that AEW will start posing a very real problem to the Sports Entertainment giant in the not too distant future.
As always, we'll be sure to keep you guys updated with more as we have it.