WWE Accused of Shooting Themselves in the Foot by Pitting Shows Against AEW

While speaking on the Stevie Richards Show, Stevie Richards talked about how WWE keeps trying to go up against AEW on purpose. He pointed out the Womens Evolution show as the biggest example, saying it feels like an afterthought just thrown together to take fans attention away from AEW. He thinks WWE is shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.

Richards said WWE wont lose any money or care much if a few tickets dont sell because the company is already so big and successful. Thats why he doesnt get why WWE even bothers.

Richards said this isnt like the old days where you could really harm a competing wrestling company. Now it just ends up annoying fans. He described WWE as being petty and questioned why they waste time trying to block AEW instead of focusing on all the talent they already have. He used Karrion Kross as an example of someone they could build up to make even more money.

Instead, WWE keeps putting effort into scheduling shows just to get in AEWs way. By doing that, theyre also messing up their own pay-per-views and hurting their own product.

Richards compared it to mutual assured destruction. He said that even though both companies could easily afford to keep running forever, theyre stuck paying too much attention to each other instead of growing on their own.

This comes afterWWE scheduled Saturday Nights Main Event on July 12, which is the same day as AEWs All In: Texas at theGlobe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. However, Tony Khan has made it clear hes more focused on putting on great AEW shows instead of what WWE does. Regardless, its clear WWE wont stop pitting shows against AEW anytime soon and fans have just accepted this.

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