AEW vs WWE: ‘With CM Punk and Bryan Danielson the wheels have turned, more of an Attitude Era’
In his first match in additional than seven years, CM Punk defeated Darby Allin at AEW All Out on Sunday in his hometown of Chicago. In an exhilarating environment with loud chants for each athletes, Punk’s debut turned fairly a contest.
In the tip, it was the straightedge celebrity who gained after hitting the GTS. After the match, Sting and The Best within the World shook fingers in a present of respect.
Bryan Danielson Joins AEW
Bryan Danielson, beforehand generally known as Daniel Bryan in WWE, made his debut for All Elite Wrestling on the identical day. This introduced an finish to speculations over his future in skilled wrestling.
After the occasion Bryan spoke on making the choice to go away WWE and signal with AEW: “I really battled back and forth because there’s a lot of people there that I consider family, that actually are legitimately my family, and you know, people that I love there so it was a really tough decision.”
“The offer WWE gave me, they were gonna let me go do some other stuff on the outside, but, I hate to say this, Vince sometimes. He and I have a great relationship. I love him, I do. Sometimes he’s overprotective of me. I want to be able to push my limits.”
Adam Cole Joins AEW
Former NXT star Adam Cole made his beautiful debut on AEW All Out after Kenny Omega defeated Christian to retain the AEW World Championship. Adam Cole additionally spoke on his WWE contract expiring: “Funnily enough, believe it or not, I was also surprised. Yeah, I was under the impression that it was like six months later. So it was a surprise to me. It was a surprise to them.”
“Making the decision was a fairly easy one.”@AdamColeProfessional is #AllElite & talks his debut at #AllOut 👊@AEW @davidlagreca1 #baybay pic.twitter.com/ex7jnLK1Oa
— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) September 6, 2021
WWE vs AEW
AEW has been constantly forward within the score battle with WWE particularly within the goal 18-49 demographic. WWE, however, is continuous its technique of being family-oriented. WWE is TV-PG whereas AEW is TV-14. However, trade specialists level out that AEW thereby has extra inventive freedom. Sparks have already been flying between the 2 manufacturers of pro-wrestling. Take for instance, Matt Hardy, who seemingly took a shot at WWE after AEW All Out when he tweeted, “How we’re all feeling after tonight’s absolutely WONDERFUL #AEWAllOut 2021 event. @AEW is killing it!” mentioned Matt Hardy. He additionally posted a GIF from his match with Sammy Guevara in AEW, the place he mentioned, “Competition’s in the mud. I love to see it.”
How we’re all feeling after tonight’s completely WONDERFUL #AEWAllOut 2021 occasion. @AEW is killing it! pic.twitter.com/ryNUCOLSYp
— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) September 6, 2021
Kurt Angle, one other former WWE celebrity spoke on the Wrestling Inc. Daily podcast and highlighted the variations between the goal audiences of AEW and WWE.
“I think that the shareholders put a lot of pressure on the big man and tell him ‘keep everything PG-rated. Gear it more for younger kids, that’s where the merchandise is.’ The WWE, their theory is, ‘if the kids are watching it, the parents are watching it too. And the parents are going to pay for the merchandise for the kids, and they’re going to pay to go see the events. So they do have the right theory on it, but they’re losing the young adults. The 18 to 40 years olds that WWE had during the Attitude Era, that’s more the way AEW’s direction is right now. They’re swearing on the air, they’re putting up the middle fingers. It’s more of an Attitude Era attitude.” mentioned Angle.
