Posted on 9/10/125 by Colin Vassallo
Bryan Danielson remains perplexed why WWE keeps counter-
programming AEW when they don’t really have to.
Speaking to The Kairouz Bros YouTube channel while doing
promotion for AEW in Australia, the former AEW champion
questioned the people making these decisions and what
they’re thinking.
“In the sense of like, ‘Oh…okay! This AEW thing, it’s a real
danger to our billion-dollar business!’ That can’t be it,”
Danielson said.
He noted how AEW existing and being successful has changed
the landscape of pro wrestling and for wrestlers themselves.
“Wrestlers are being paid more now than ever. From a sports
rights perspective, for example, most major sports in the
United States, the players get anywhere between 40% to 50%
of the revenue and WWE was paying their wrestlers nowhere
close to that,” Danielson said.
He said that while they still don’t do that despite their
billions in TV rights, they have to pay more because
otherwise they can jump ship to AEW.
Danielson revealed that AEW pays that 40% to 50% of their
revenue to wrestlers despite making much less money but
admitted that they’re still the challengers and catching up
because WWE has been around for so long.
“We’re not at the point of being a threat,” Danielson said.
“It’s just weird. This is one of the things that people who
really crave power and a lot of money play these weird games
that I don’t understand!”