Kurt Angle Says WWE Faces A Lot Of ‘Shareholder Pressure’ To Be PG Unlike AEW

AEW Dynamite made its debut in October 2019 and since then has worked hard to provide an alternate product to what fans see in WWE. For the most part, they have succeeded, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

The backstage environments in WWE and AEW are undoubtedly different. As a few former WWE Superstars have mentioned in the past. Both companies have their own ideals as to how they conduct their work.

One of the biggest differences between WWE and AEW would be the way their products are presented. WWE has remained a PG-rated product since 2008 while AEW is currently TV-14 and offers an edgy product, which WWE cannot.

While speaking to the Wrestling Inc. Daily, Kurt Angle talked about the differences between WWE and AEW and noted that WWE faces a lot of pressure from shareholders to stay PG, unlike AEW.

“I think that the shareholders put a lot of pressure on the big man and tell him ‘keep everything PG rated. Gear it more for younger kids, that’s where the merchandise is.’ The WWE, their theory is, ‘if the kids are watching it, the parents are watching it too. And the parents are going to pay for the merchandise for the kids, and they’re going to pay to go see the events. So they do have the right theory on it, but they’re losing the young adults. The 18 to 40 years olds that WWE had during the Attitude Era, that’s more the way AEW’s direction is right now. They’re swearing on the air, they’re putting up the middle fingers. It’s more of an Attitude Era attitude.”

Kurt Angle has been enjoying his life in retirement after WrestleMania 35. We certainly wonder if he will make his return to pro wrestling one way or the other.

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