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Following All Elite Wrestling’s first event this past weekend in Las Vegas, WWE television made reference to the promotion this past Monday on RAW.
According to Dave Meltzer, the ‘Electric Chair’ segment where Sami Zayn said “you could have asked me about AEW” was scripted.
Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Forums that WWE kept employees in the dark on whether the reference was scripted. “It was scripted. They just lied to their own employees to make it out like Sami went against the script, not realizing anyone with a brain knows about the 15 second delay.” Meltzer stated “Not to mention the people who did know would eventually tell those who don’t.”
Meltzer also compared WWE keeping people in the dark similar to when Eric Bischoff ran WCW. “This is Bischoff WCW and they didn’t learn a thing from it. It draws no money and only makes paranoid talent even more paranoid, and makes employees think they’re working for an insane company, neither of which is a positive.”
Many conflicting reports surfaced the day after RAW aired, including ones from Dave Meltzer and his Wrestling Observer colleague Bryan Alvarez. “We no longer have conflicting reports. Zayn was of the belief he was supposed to say it.” Meltzer explained. “Most in the company weren’t aware so the original word was it wasn’t scripted but several sources have called it a miscommunication issue but he didn’t say it on his own.
The segment was edited from WWE’s social media channels, but was apparently not omitted from its Hulu replay.
Well @SamiZayn mentioning @AEWrestling on Raw wasn't edited out of Hulu and I freaking love it #AllEliteWrestling pic.twitter.com/VcxYGGdeS0
— Alex Bustos (@The1Bustos) May 28, 2019