Vince McMahon on AEW: 'I don’t consider them competition in the way I considered WCW'

Vince McMahon is asked on the WWE 2021 Q2 investor's call if he considers AEW to be competition.

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[mrmeowpuss]

Pretty fair what he said about AEW. WCW almost put him out of business at one stage so it’s not the same situation for sure.

[Charliethornwood]

Vince definitely said “Perhaps we can give them some more.” Like he plans on letting more people go.

[Kramptonyte]

He doesn't see and as competitors as WCW was. I think what he meant by that was the Ted Turner was coming to try and destroy the WWF. My opinion Aew is not trying to destroy the WWE it's trying to be better than the WWE. I wish both companies great success. The more they both succeed the better fans and hopefully the wrestlers

[marcusorlandi]

You just know Vince was disgusted by every Ummm in this question.

[bigolebot]

People are really over hyping this crap lol. WCW was their only competition period between 96-98 those 3 years were proflic for both companies.

[realjosh]

He ain’t wrong, AEW hasn’t made a strong impact (no pun intended) to compete against WWE and even they continuously hired ex-WWE dudes it doesn’t negate the fact their storytelling and creative have not been up to par

[VegetaAlex]

Been a WWE fan most of my life... however I’m not interested in buying WWE tickets for Raw.
Much rather see an AEW show live.
I’m honestly more invested in their stories and characters nowadays.
If I where Vince I’d be paying more attention

[garethmckenna]

It’s what vince has always done and what makes him the best, you see the competition and you buy them out, not a dig on Vincent at all, he’s just a great business man and he’ll buy them out and take the talent they have, Cody Rhodes is already an example of that

[davelanger]

Right Vince claims ""I don’t consider them competition in the way I considered WCW"" so that is why he put up NXT on cable tv against AEW to try and hurt them.

[neeko]

Vince : I don’t see aew as competition
AEW : Acknowledge me

[VeggieGamer]

When AEW references and mocks WWE multiple times a week for attention and heat, no body panics because it's all part of the plan. But when Vince says he doesn't consider AEW competition, well then all the marks lose their minds!!

[jesseandrews]

So long as AEW keep pushing whomever Vince gives them,
AEW fresh young talent aren't being used.
They're Vince's investment.
Because when they aren't being pushed, Vince will pull them in when contracts start expiring.

[bigdawganthonyjarzemkoski]

They aren't competition, because AEW isn't trying to compete.

[rlboozer]

You just know HHH wishes he could go to AEW. I mean he was trying to create it with NXT

[riasatfaruque]

He's right to be honest because WCW was a much bigger entity than AEW is now maybe if AEW exists Inshaa'Allaah within next 10-15 years who knows they can

[DuaneIsAwful]

This is pointless. What do you expect him to say?

[angelyaluhhhh]

He’s not bothered. He knows his company is more popular despite the reviews from the Marks

[Danimal]

They are not competing against each other because they aren't in the same business. It's like asking if Snickers was in competition with BMW.

[swanksteez]

Everybody thinks Tony is winning cause he talks so much shit and ppl love drama like that. But pay attention. Gangstas move in silence. And Vince is moving with action. He's been here so long. He doesn't even care about Tony. Tony this kid yelling "play with me. Notice me Vince notice me" he dissed WWE all the time and that shows insecurities. This man makes himself look worse each time he's on Twitter or on camera.

[chinodelchicano]

There working together in some capacity