Ric Flair has a high estimation of the future of All Elite Wrestling and believes it is just a matter of time before the company is equivalent to WWE.
Flair made his debut for AEW during the October 25, episode of Dynamite as Tony Khan’s ‘gift’ to Sting ahead of the Icon’s retirement next year.
During a recent appearance on the “Gabby AF” podcast, Flair compared AEW’s place in the wrestling business compared to WWE. He said,
“The only difference between AEW right now, in my estimation, and WWE, is the fact that WWE has been there so much longer. I think AEW’s in its fourth year now or something like that, and they’re you’re chasing a monster that’s been around…since the late ’70s and early ’80s, when they started going national…across the country with network TV, and of course cable.
“And I’m sure Tony, in time, I hope I live long enough to see it catch up… But I think everybody is happy, and the wrestling people love wrestling. AEW did 81,000 people in London, and they’re going back again in August. So that made a statement in and of itself, that’s more people than we drew at SummerSlam when I was there in 92. I think it’s a Wembley Stadium record. So they’re alive. They’re alive and well.”
Flair has yet to be announced for a future episode of AEW programming. Sting will retire from in-ring competition at AEW Revolution 2024.
