Vince McMahon Once Asked What AEW Was Doing That WWE Wasn't

Bryan Danielson has surprisingly revealed that Vince McMahon once asked him a particular question: what is AEW doing that WWE isn't?

Danielson explained that McMahon asked this while Bryan was a member of WWE creative, before he joined AEW. Speaking at a SXSW panel, as reported by Fightful, Danielson stated:

"If you look at Dynamite and look at 'where can we make improvements to gain an audience here or to touch people to a different level?' The idea is you can't make big changes because Dynamite is already successful. This is what we were talking about in WWE. 

"Vince McMahon actually called me one night, I was part of WWE creative, and he called me one night and said, 'What is AEW doing that we're not doing?' I went back and watched eight straight weeks of TV within the span of six days and was like, 'There is a whole list of things.' What you don't want to do, in getting to the next level, is to change the things that are already working, because there are so many things already working. Then it's experimenting with different things."

Bryan Danielson signed with All Elite Wrestling in 2021, making his debut at that year's All Out. The American Dragon is in his final year as a full-time performer but he is looking to go out with a collection of match-of-the-year contenders. Next on the list for Danielson is a showdown with Will Ospreay at AEW Dynasty on April 21.

H/T to Fightful.