Photo Credit – All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
After WWE made their comments about AEW’s street fight on Rampage, it seems WarnerMedia was not pleased by their comments.
The New Years Street Fight on Rampage with Anna Jay and Tay Conti versus Penelope Ford and The Bunny, was praised by fans across the wrestling fandom. The match involving the ladies was bloody and intense with multiple table spots, usage of chairs and thumbtacks, ended with Jay making The Bunny tap out through her “Queenslayer” submission to gain the victory for her and Conti.
After the match aired, WWE would make a comment to the Toronto Star about this type of match AEW had chose to broadcast to their viewers:
“If you look at the gory self-mutilation that bloodied several women in the December 31 event on TNT, it quickly becomes clear that these are very different businesses. We had an edgier product in the ‘Attitude” era and in a 2022 world, we don’t believe that type of dangerous and brutal display is appealing to network partners, sponsors, venues, children, or the general public as a whole”
Now, it is being reported by Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON), that WarnerMedia (Who broadcast AEW on their TV station’s TNT and TBS) are not pleased by the comments made by WWE. Meltzer stated that sources within WarnerMedia were “Upset” by the comments as well believe it was a “Personal Attack” on the company as a whole to effect their relationship with advertisers and their sales of advertisements.
WarnerMedia seems to be pleased with AEW’s progress as they sent out a public statement being pleased with AEW gathering over a million viewers with this week’s edition of AEW Dynamite. The deal for AEW to air on WarnerMedia ends next year and with how AEW is progressing, will we see continue to see AEW broadcasted on WarnerMedia?
