Back in September, news of officials from Impact Wrestling and WWE meeting at the WWE headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut were out. In an interview by Wrestling Perspective Podcast, Impact EVP Scott D’Amore revealed the reason behind the meeting.
This is what he had to say:
“Since the beginning of the year, we have done three content deals with WWE. We did the Hardys documentary deal, to supply footage for the documentary about The Hardys. We did a deal to provide footage for AJ Styles and Kurt Angle for Table for 3, and we provided footage for Bruce Prichard on the WWE Network. We have done a few deals together, which I think that WWE is seeing that this is a different day with Impact Wrestling, and I think in the most minor levels maybe they are seeing that it is a different day and age in pro wrestling.”
D’Amore thinks both Impact and WWE realize that now, in 2018, they can work together.
“It is one of those things, it’s like: there was a meeting, we got together, we talked and thought, you know it was nice to see each other face-to-face and say hello and just say that it is 2018. It is a whole different world and there is no reason that we cannot communicate. There really was no agenda to it and you know, we move on, but it is how the business is now, which I think is tremendous where we can do a deal with WWE where it helps them tell a great story on the WWE Network.
“Whether it is one of their shows or The Hardy Boyz documentary, it is certainly good for us. Not only to make a little scratch off of the footage but also the promotion they give us for Global Wrestling Network and having it on their platform where they advertise us and say that if you want more of this then download and watch the GWN Network, which is great for us. This wouldn’t have happened a few years ago. Whether it is WWE, whether it is Ring of Honor, no matter who it is, I think it is in this day and age to stop with the ‘old school wrestling BS’ of if you are with him then you can’t do anything with us, so to get past that I think that is how business works.”
While it is still uncertain whether any deal with being made between the two companies, it might just be what’s best for business if they eventually do this.
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h/t to Wrestling Inc for the transcription.
