Undertaker: Hopefully AEW gets their crap together one day

The Undertaker was critical of AEW on his podcast recently.

Taker was discussing competition being good for the wrestling industry when he said he doesn’t believe Tony Khan has what it takes to go up against WWE. He also said he thinks AEW is without a leader in the locker room.

“Hopefully, one day, AEW gets their crap together and genuinely creates some competition,” Taker said on Six Feet Under. “That’s probably not a popular take from most WWE insiders but the way I look at it, competition is only going to make you better.”

Taker noted that WCW beating WWE in the ratings for as long as it did drove the company to improve its product. However, Taker doesn’t know if AEW can provide “real” competition and believes management and lack of locker room leadership could be the reason.

He continued:

“I don’t think there is a real true leader in the locker room. I am not sure and I have nothing against the man but I don’t know that Tony (Khan) is the guy to run the company. I mean, his heart’s in a good place and he wants to do something but I just don’t know that he has the acumen to run a wrestling company against the juggernaut that is the WWE.”

“Again, I hope they get it together and we do have some (competition). It’s better for the wrestlers, it’s better for the audience, the fans, it’s better for everything.”

Taker also discussed WWE’s recent partnership with TNA Wrestling, saying it will help the industry develop new talent.

“What it does is it continues to feed TNA’s system, which then when they’re ready, we can pluck them out and bring them to WWE,” he said.

The full podcast episode is available on Taker’s Patreon here.