Ethan Page, who always voiced his honest opinions about what is going on in the wrestling business took to Twitter on April 23rd and made some remarks about AAW telling wrestlers where they can work and restricting them when they are not on exclusive deals. AAW owner Danny Daniels responded. You can see the statements below from both. This was discussed on this week’s Newscast which you can find here.
https://twitter.com/OfficialEGO/status/1120751279238676480
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There’s been a lot of chatter about how Aaw runs their business. I don’t force anyone to work for me. We don’t have the finances to offer contracts so how would that be even possible? But since it’s our money on the line, we should be able to pick who works for us right?
— Danny Daniels (@aawdannydaniels) April 24, 2019
It’s our choice to not use talent who work in the area. Do I want the best talent to work for AAW? Of course because our fans demand it. But we have to be wise that everyone on the roster is worth taking the financial risk on. Trying to be different is the goal.
— Danny Daniels (@aawdannydaniels) April 24, 2019
Danny Daniels also released this statement:
“I don’t tell people where to work. But as a business owner, I do choose to not use people that work in the area. I owe that to our fans who pay for tickets and are expecting a special show.
Other groups run the same building, or a half hour away so what makes AAW different from the rest? It starts with who we put on the shows. Why am I going to bring in a talent and pay their rate, travel, hotel if they are going to be (in) the area the following week or next day. That would be a silly investment right?
In an area that is so over saturated with pro wrestling, I try to book talent that are unique to the area to present a product (that’s) different from the pack. I’m not forcing anyone to work for me, that’s the talent’s choice that contact me looking for work. I let them know ahead of time though that I don’t use talent that works in the area.
Some agree to it, some don’t. (That) decision is up to them at the end of the day. First and foremost, this is a business. It’s our money on the line, our families money on the line. We all have real jobs so AAW is just a passion to run the best company that we can possibly run. If this loses money, we shut down because it’s not fair to our families that our passion is hurting them.”
Listen to Rich Laconi and Dylan Hales discuss this in our weekly Newscast below
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