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With All Elite Wrestling establishing its presence on TNT with its weekly prime-time show Dynamite and further standing out as a threat to WWE‘s popularity, it appears that the latter promotion is doing what it could to curb AEW-mania among its live fans, as alleged in recent reports.
According to WrestleZone, multiple fans who showed up for this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, were told by members of WWE’s security team that they would be “thrown out of the arena” if they were spotted wearing AEW t-shirts or holding up signs inspired by the newer promotion and its wrestlers. The outlet cited its own contributor, John Clark, who said he was in attendance when WWE sent fans this “stern message” about giving the rival company visibility on one of its flagship shows.
“It’s a move that shows just how seriously WWE is taking their competitor,” WrestleZone stressed.