-- On the recently aired Cody Rhodes documentary, WWE Executive Paul "HHH" Levesque noted the risk that Rhodes took in jumping from AEW to WWE while calling the former a "secondary promotion":
"It’s taking that gamble again and saying, 'I didn’t grow up dreaming of being the champion or the face of a secondary promotion. I wanted to be the WWE champion.'"
-- AEW CEO Tony Khan noticed those comments and fired back, stating that AEW is not a secondary promotion in many markets to the Orlando Sentinel:
“We certainly won’t be the secondary promotion at All In. We’re No. 1 in the UK, on TV and with a record gate. I have a lot of respect for Cody. I know these weren’t his words, to be fair, but we’re not secondary in a lot of markets - for the first time in a long time, WWE has been secondary in a lot of markets. I’m proud of where we’re at and we’re not taking a back seat to anybody.”
