“I’m done with it” – Fans might stop watching WWE and choose AEW if TKO commits one big mistake, says Dutch Mantell
By Anurag Mukherjee
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The wrestling “war” between WWE and AEW continues, as the two companies vie for domination as the leading North American wrestling promotion. Veteran Dutch Mantell has now shared his view that Tony Khan’s brand might end up winning said war if the sports entertainment juggernaut is ever sold to the Saudi Arabian government. Last Saturday in Canada, All Elite Wrestling hosted its latest pay-per-view, All Out : Toronto. The event was initially set to go head-to-head with WWE Wrestlepalooza, a PLE that was announced for the same day as AEW’s PPV in a move that was speculated to be a deliberate counterprogramming ploy on the part of the Stamford-based company. However, the Jacksonville-based promotion shifted its show to an earlier afternoon starting time. WWE, on its part, has recently courted some controversy over its decision to make a deal with the Saudi Arabian government to host the 2027 edition of WrestleMania in Riyadh. The promotion’s ongoing working partnership with the country has led to some speculations of General Entertainment Authority Chairman Turki Alalshikh potentially purchasing WWE from TKO Group Holdings at some point. Such an outcome would be a positive for AEW, according to Dutch Mantell, who claimed on the latest edition of his Story Time podcast that WWE would lose viewership and audience loyalty if Saudi Arabia acquires the company. “Well, I think is I’m gonna forecast this. If it’s taken over by the Saudi Arabians, I think that really, more than anything else, helps AEW. Just because of people getting mad. I’m not supporting them because wrestling, hey, let’s face it, it’s an American invention. And they have taken it through and through the days of Vince McMahon and all this. But now to have a bunch of Saudi Arabians conducting the business, I think a lot of people just say, ‘No, I’m done with it. Completely done.’ That will help AEW more than anything.” – said Mantell. [H/T – TJR Wrestling]WWE merged with the UFC’s parent company Endeavour to launch a new entity, TKO Group Holdings, around two years ago. Match results for AEW All OutAll Elite Wrestling hosted this year’s edition of its annual pay-per-view, All Out, in the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario this past weekend. The main card of the show featured ten star-studded matches, the results of which have been listed below: Adam Copeland and Christian Cage defeated FTREddie Kingston defeated Big BillMark Briscoe defeated MJF [Tables N’ Thumbtacks Match]Ricochet and The Gates of Agony defeated The Hurt SyndicateMercedes Mone (c) defeated Riho [TBS Championship Match]Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated Konosuke Takeshita and Mascara Dorada [AEW Unified Championship Match]Jon Moxley defeated Darby Allin [Coffin Match]Kris Statlander defeated Jamie Hayter, Thekla, and Toni Storm (c) [Women’s World Championship Match]Brodido (c) defeated JetSpeed, The Young Bucks, and Hechicero/Josh Alexander [World Tag Team Championship Four-Way Ladder Match]Hangman Adam Page (c) defeated Kyle Fletcher [Men’s World Championship Match]Match card for All Out 2025 [Image Credits: AEW on X/Twitter]Tony Khan and company are currently laying the groundwork for the promotion’s upcoming PPV, WrestleDream 2025.