Hangman Page paints a great picture of what AEW offers its fans.
Page spoke with WXII 12’s John Johnson ahead of Wednesday’s AEW Blood & Guts event. The AEW World Champion compared the experience of attending an AEW event to going to Cook Out. No, not a cookout, but Cook Out, the Southern fast food chain that is well-known for its affordable trays of burgers, hot dogs, chicken, and its large menu of milkshake flavors.
“Going to a wrestling show is like going to Cook Out for the first time; you think you know what you’re going to get, right? You go up there to order the tray, you think ‘I’ll get a double cheeseburger.’ You think you’re going to get fries for a side. But you’re going to get an entire corndog for a side, you’re going to get a chicken wrap for a side. You think you might just get a Coke or something, you’re going to get a Cheerwine float as the drink.
“It is the entire experience, everything that you could want, [and] things you didn’t know you want. You’re going to get that and it’s going to be affordable,” Page said. “It’s something affordable for you, the family, everybody involved.”
AEW touts itself as being a more family-friendly and affordable option
Affordability is an issue that many pro wrestling fans have brought up in recent months. WWE has been criticized for raising its ticket prices. However, other promotions like AEW, TNA and MLW have touted being a more affordable option for fans.
AEW’s Tony Khan recently said he has tried to position AEW as a more family-friendly option compared to other promotions, and it has been that way since the start of the company.
“Well absolutely. AEW’s ticket pricing is designed to be very family-friendly. And it has been from the very beginning. Everyone involved with AEW from the beginning will tell you that we’ve always wanted to maintain affordable ticket pricing for the fans. In particular, [we want] to bring families and young fans to the show and make it accessible for fans of all backgrounds, of all ages. I think it’s really exciting for us that we’re getting really good feedback about that,” Khan said.
“Hopefully, it speaks to what we’re trying to do to maintain affordable ticket prices for AEW shows for families. Because we are a family-friendly company when it comes to price the tickets to get families into the AEW shows.”
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