In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here), Dave Meltzer shared that he was being interviewed for an upcoming pro-wrestling documentary. During this, Meltzer shared a story about some WWE employees who were spreading false information about AEW.
Specifically, they were spreading some misinformation about AEW’s ticket sales.
Here is the story from Meltzer:
This is a true story and it shows how brainwashed some are. There was an international documentary being done on pro wrestling and both myself and Fumi Saito were involved this past week. They had interviewed people in WWE recently as well. I had actually blocked the director not that long ago because he asked me if it was true that Tony Khan actually bought all the tickets for those first day sold out events to make it appear the product was hot, given I seem to be a magnet for people who, for whatever reason, cling on to desperation wanting AEW to fail, even though I’ve never said once it’s a lock for them to succeed, just they’ve gotten off to a great start and their results thus far for a company getting started and selling tickets are strong. Anyway, the story came from people in WWE who explained to them that version, that the fast ticket sales and early sellouts were the company buying up all the tickets. So it’s actually a story propagated from within WWE talent or told to WWE talent from within the organization. You’d think people who see through the obvious, but I guess not
In other words, WWE employees were spreading a rumor that Tony Khan has been buying a lot of AEW tickets to make the product seem like a hot-seller.
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