Paul Heyman: I Don't Have A Problem Putting AEW Over

Since All Elite Wrestling was founded in 2019, WWE on-screen talent and officials have sporadically given their thoughts on the rival promotion, including Paul Heyman who previously discussed CM Punk's return to professional wrestling. 

Speaking on the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch, Heyman revealed he has no problem putting over AEW, especially when Tony Khan's promotion are a "long way away" from WWE's level of success. 

"Well, first of all, I have no problem putting AEW over if AEW does things that are worth being put over. I don't live in a bubble. I would also offer to anybody that wonders why I would be so willing to put over the competition. If you look at WrestleMania and you look at the fact that over the course of these two days, WWE has sold more tickets than any...I have to call the two nights one event, we sold more tickets to this event, this WrestleMania than any other event in WWE history. Combine the two nights," Heyman began. 

"With that in mind, and the spectacle that this show will be, and you combine that with the worldwide publicity that it's going to garner and the fact that the entire industry is focused on what's going to happen at WrestleMania and therefore what comes out of WrestleMania, I would argue the case that I could sit here and praise AEW all day long," he continued.

"They can't match what we're about to do next week. Until they are in a position to match what we do next weekend, I'm not that concerned with praising the competition because they are still a long way away from what we do and our level of success, and our market dominance. That being said, do I watch AEW? Of course I do, but I also watch everything else that's out there as well. If I can get my hands on Buenos Aires Championship wrestling, I'd watch it. If I can get my hands on Antarctica All-Star Wrestling, if there is such a thing, I'd watch it. I watch anything to do with this industry. It's why I had eyes on Gable Stevenson when he was in the tenth grade."

Paul Heyman will be at WrestleMania 38 as his Tribal Chief Roman Reigns will face Brock Lesnar in the main event of night two in a Championship Unification Match. 

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