When
AEW
launched in 2019, fans were naturally intrigued by the
possibilities
of the new promotion.
With the names and the
massive amount
of money involved, it was kind of hard not to get excited.
As the owner of
AEW
, Tony Khan promised that his company would reach out to other promotions in an effort to bring some unity to the
industry
.
Of course, as cynical as the
professional
wrestling community can be at times, many observers of the business
scoffed
.
They viewed it all as just a lot of lip service and that All Elite
Wrestling
would conduct business as usual.
Or, that no one would want to work with the upstart
promotion anyway.
After all, it was one thing to reach out, it was another thing altogether to come up with some kind of mutually beneficial relationship.