5 Reasons WWE should be scared of All Elite Wrestling

Modified May 29, 2019 07:18 GMT

WWE is the biggest wrestling company in the world but a new competitor has recently come about, that being All Elite Wrestling.

WWE may not take them seriously even though they sold out the MGM Grand, got a TV deal with ITV and TNT, and signed some of WWE's top stars. WWE may brush it off on Raw with Sami Zayn, but these are 5 reasons they need to take AEW seriously.

#5 Chants

On raw after Sami Zayn mentioned AEW there were clear chants off AEW and there were even some more earlier in the show during the Shane McMahon match with Lance Anoa'i.

Now as much as WWE does have many fans who love the product, at double or nothing there were no chants of WWE or anything to do with it. In fact, the only negative chants were at the end of the Joshi tag match and that was only due to the timekeeper messing up.

If more fans start chanting about AEW, more people who don't know what it is might find out and that is not a good thing for WWE. They should also not have Sami Zayn say AEW on live TV. That was a bad idea.

#4 Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho

As much as people, including me, love Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, Cody and the rest of the AEW roster they are all fairly unknown to the mainstream. The same can't be said for Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho.

Anyone who has watched WWE in the last 6 years or so would have seen Moxley as a part of the Shield and even WWE champion at one point. If someone has seen any of WWE since 1999 they would have seen Chris Jericho. Multi-time world champion, WrestleMania main eventer and he has done many other things in his storied career.

Having these two as a part of their roster will no doubt help AEW significantly in the near future. Jericho does, in fact, deserve a thank you.

#3 Tony Khan

While people unfamiliar with Tony Khan may just think he's a spoiled rich kid who is using his dad's money to get into a business he knows nothing about, they couldn't be more wrong.

Tony is a hard-core wrestling fan and has been a member of the internet wrestling community for years and a long time subscriber to the wrestling observer newsletter. With all the wrestling he has watched, he is definitely experienced enough to run this company.

Cody and the Young Bucks have praised him a lot so WWE should be afraid that a huge fan with a financial backing is running AEW.

#2 All In

While All In wasn't an AEW event technically, it showed what Cody and the Bucks could do even without money behind them.

The reason this is so important is that All In sold over 10 thousand tickets without national television and double or nothing did the same. If they can sell this many just for an event advertised online, imagine what they can do after they debut on TNT.

Also, they sold All In without having people like Jericho and Moxley so they can perhaps sell even more for All Out which will take place on August 31st this year.

#1 TV-14

While I and many others have no problem with WWE being PG, many older fans who remember the attitude era wish for an edgier TV show to watch every week.

Well, AEW is going to be TV-14 so they could potentially pull away a significant amount of WWE fans due to this. It will also give them a lot more creative freedom when booking a show. If someone bleeds by accident, no big deal because it's allowed. If someone lets off a bad word, no big deal because they are TV-14.

Some of the performers could favor this approach as again they will get more creative freedom and maybe even just enjoy it more due to this.

When you put all of these reasons together, it's pretty clear WWE should start taking the threat of All Elite Wrestling seriously and try their best to counter program.

Edited by Jidonu Mauyon