Booker T: Why AEW Vs. WWE Is Good For Wrestling

Booker T believes the competition between All Elite Wrestling and WWE is good for the industry. 

The five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion commented on the possibility of WWE buying AEW at some point in the future on a recent Hall Of Fame Podcast, and Booker T also noted why competition between the two promotions is good for the business as a whole.

"Hey man, never say never. I'm not saying that wouldn't happen or anything like that, but I'm not gonna say it is gonna happen. You might be waiting a long time. With WCW, guys were waiting 12 years for Vince McMahon to buy WCW. He finally did, but it was a long battle and long war and a lot of casualties of war as far as that guys. When he did buy it, there were even more casualties of war of guys who were wrestlers in the business from a big-time perspective ever again after WCW's doors closed down," Booker said. 

"Me personally, I'm not one of these guys who's gonna be talking about '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 their dream and do it 100 percent at the highest level and be able to look back on a legacy. And hopefully, you fans got to win more than anybody because you got a chance to see two awesome companies at the same time - just like it was back in the day - it was two awesome companies you guys got a chance to see. The only reason it was a war is because it was that damn good. So just enjoy the ride."

AEW was initially in competition with WWE NXT in the Wednesday Night Wars but the war came to an end earlier this year after NXT moved to Tuesday nights. Since then, AEW has continued to improve in the ratings and Dynamite has beaten Monday Night Raw in the past two weeks in the key 18-49 demographic. 

H/T to 411Mania