Former WWE Writer Doubts Vince McMahon Cares About AEW All In Setting The Paid Attendance Record For A Pro Wrestling Show

Vince McMahon probably couldn't care less about AEW All In setting the paid attendance record for a pro wrestling event. That is according to former WWE writer Brian Gewirtz anyway.

"Honestly, this is gonna sound maybe like a false answer or a cop-out. I really don't think he cares. I really don't. Now granted, I started at WWE on the creative team in November '99. So, yes, there was still the Monday Night Wars technically, but there wasn't much warring going on although Russo and Ferrara had just left WWE and started a month ago, so you really didn't know what was going to happen. Yes, as some people pointed out, there would be in the Gorilla position, the area right before you go through the curtain, there would be monitors and one of them would be tracking and have Turner on and WCW would be on, but Vince was always focused on his show and his product. He wasn't really concerned, at least outwardly with what the competition was doing. He was aware of it," Gewirtz told WrestlingNews.co.

"I'm sure in the case of England, if someone was like, 'Hey AEW has this thing. Maybe we can have something with John Cena.' He would be like, 'Go ahead and do it.' He certainly would be cognisant of it, but it wasn't like, 'How am I going to take those guys down?' It wasn't anything like that. He's really like, 'Worry about your stuff and everything will fall into place because you can't control what other people are doing. You can only control what you have right in front of you', and that's what you got to do."

AEW All In set the paid attendance record of 81,035 fans. The pay-per-view aired from London's Wembley Stadium. It has been reported the announced attendance was "100% legitimate paid attendance, to the ticket."

WWE previously held the paid attendance record of 80,709 fans for WWE WrestleMania 32 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

Vince McMahon is currently on a medical leave of absence from WWE following his back surgery.