The Undertaker gave his thoughts on AEW and Tony Khan during a recent Q&A on his Patreon while discussing the rivalry in the past between WWE Raw and SmackDown back in the day.
Undertaker said, “Hopefully, a lot of people don’t think the way I do, but hopefully, one day, AEW gets their crap together and genuinely creates some competition. That’s probably not a popular take from most WWE insiders, but the way I look at it, competition’s only gonna make, it’s only gonna make you better.”
Taker’s co-host brought up how, while AEW has great talent, the behind-the-scenes issues must be resolved. Taker said that WCW made WWE like the taste of beating them in the Attitude Era before WWE turned things around and questioned if the AEW President was the right person to lead a wrestling company.
Undertaker said, “I agree with you. I don’t think there is a real true leader in the locker room….I am not sure…I have nothing against the man, you know, but I don’t know that Tony is the guy to run the company. I mean, his heart’s in a good place, and he wants to do something, but I just don’t know that he has the Ackerman to run a wrestling company against the juggernaut that is the WWE, but hey, I could be wrong. There was that one other time I was wrong. I hope they get it together and we do have some [competition]. It’s better for the wrestlers. It’s better for the audience, the fans. It’s better for everything.”
Taker then discussed the ongoing relationship between WWE and TNA, where he shared his take that he thinks WWE is working with them for the long term by potentially signing TNA talent while TNA is getting exposure.
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