>>18721442>>18721454if you don't know who the elite are, they are the young bucks and kenny omega from the indies along with their little PWG crew (like hangman and jungle boy who punk also had issues with punk as a result of this)
aew came about because someone on twitter asked meltzer if an indie show could ever draw over 10,000 people and meltzer said fuck no. Cody Rhodes took it personal and held an indie event that drew 11k which led to them getting a billionaire investor (tony khan) and him starting AEW and giving cody rhodes, the young bucks, and kenny omega executive vice president status. Cody Rhodes obviously fucked off because he saw the writing on the wall
