If nothing else, this has caused a seismic shift in the pro wrestling landscape and put several people on notice.
Unfortunately for WWE, they were one of the people put on notice by the emerging company and have now had to go on the defense.
In fact, between WWE locking down any and all midcard card talent and doing focus groups to try to find out what fans want, it’s pretty obvious that WWE is scared.
In case you didn’t know…
Interestingly enough, Triple H also took a subtle jab at the rival company during DX’s acceptance speech into The WWE Hall of fame and didn’t hold back on what he really thought of them.
In fact, he called them a pissant company that McMahon would one day buy off just to fire Billy Gunn.
With that being said, Cody Rhodes didn’t say anything immediately after the comments were made and as time went on, some wondered if he ever would or would just ignore them completely.
The heart of the matter
Rhodes finally opened up on the matter during an episode of The Road to Double or Nothing and had some pretty choice words to WWE.
He also discussed the true representation of his match against his brother Dustin Rhodes, calling it the death of the Attitude Era.
He then claimed that WWE’s programming hasn’t been pushing the limits lately and that the company is scared of AEW finally putting their feet down on the gas pedal.
What’s next?
AEW is set to air their first ever pay per view, Double or Nothing on May 25th, 2019 and will hopefully be moving to television sometime in October.
Whether they actually do or not remains to be seen and will depend on what kind of deal they come up with, but the tools seem to be there for AEW to be a huge success!
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