AEW is coming off the heels of what some are calling the best wrestling PPV ever. During the show, we saw the debuts of Bryan Danielson, Ruby Soho, Adam Cole, and NJPW star Minoru Suzuki. We also saw CM Punk in his first match in over 7 years. With all the success that AEW has been having, the talk of them ever being brought out is not even on the mind of anyone, but it looks like it may have crossed the mind of WWE Hall Of Famer Booker T.
While speaking on The Hall of Fame Podcast, Booker T talked about WWE possibly purchasing AEW the same way they purchased WCW back in the way. Booker T stated that he isn’t someone who wants other pro wrestling companies to fail and simply wants promotions to succeed.
“Hey man, never say never. I’m not saying that could ever happen or wouldn’t happen, but I’m not going to say it is going to happen. You might be waiting a long time. The WCW guys were waiting 12 years for Vince McMahon to buy WCW. He finally did, but it was a long battle, a long war, a lot of bodies and casualties of war. When he did buy it, there were even more casualties, guys never wrestled in the business from a big-time perspective ever again after WCW doors closed down.
“Me personally, I’m not one of these guys that’s going to be talking about, ‘Man, I wish these guys would go out of business or anything like that,’ because every guy that has a job in this business is a good thing. One thing about WWE, they cannot supply every wrestler out there that wants to do this. For me, it’s all about guys being able to live out that dream, doing one percent at the highest level and being able to look back on their legacy.
“And hopefully you fans got to win more than anybody because you got to see two awesome companies at the same time just like it was back in the day. WCW, WWE, it was two awesome wrestling companies that you guys got to see. Even though we made it a war– and the only reason it was a war was because it was that damn good. Just enjoy the ride.”
While at this moment this is a far-fetched scenario, crazier things have happened in the world of wrestling, but I’m sure parties on the AEW would surely have something to say about this.
Below is the video of Booker T’s comments
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H/T to Wrestling Inc for transcripts