WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon recently appeared on the The Bill Simmons Podcast. McMahon discussed a number of topics during the interview, including AEW as a ‘threat’ to WWE down the line.
‘I think having to a competitor, it always makes you ’” it’s not that we never had a competitor. We just look at everything as competitive,’ Stephanie McMahon said. ‘Anything that’s competing for eyeballs and attention is a competitor.”
“We’re all competing against each other” McMahon continued. “But in terms of a direct wrestling competitor, I think hopefully, it’s going to make you a better company. It’s going to make you re-examine everything that you do and do it to the best of your capability.”
Stephanie McMahon on Jon Moxley
Simmons also asked Stephanie McMahon about the situation regarding Jon Moxley; how he left WWE and chose to move over to All Elite Wrestling. ‘In his particular case, he was leaving anyway, and I do believe that was a mutual decision” McMahon stated.
“Though, I wasn’t a part of those conversations,’ McMahon noted. ‘His case is a little bit different, but I remember back when it was WCW and the Monday Night Wars and our talent were getting stripped away and showing up on their show. I think it taught us a lot about business. Handshake deals don’t necessarily matter at the end of the day. You need to have contracts. You need to do business differently.”
 credit The Bill Simmons Podcast and a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription
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