Flash Morgan Webster discusses the upcoming AEW All In and WWE Money in the Bank events in London, England.
Summer 2023 is a big one for London-based wrestling fans. WWE is presenting money in the bank on July 1 at the O2 Arena in London, England. In August, AEW will present All In, making its debut in London at Wembley Stadium.
Recently, Flash Morgan Webster spoke with Sean Ross Sapp about the upcoming events and how proud he is of his peers for participating in these monumental events.
"Anyone who comes on here, who’s a British wrestler, and tells you, ‘Oh, no, don’t want to be a part of it,’ they’re lying through their teeth. It’s not only looking like it’s set to be one the biggest shows in the history of Europe," said Webster of AEW All In. "What, they’re something like 15,000 away from it being the wrestling event in Europe ever? But also like bought tickets, it’s more than some of WrestleManias. That is legit. If you look at the bought numbers for WrestleMania and where they are, they’re up there with those numbers. So anyone who’s a wrestler, let alone a British wrestler, telling you they wouldn’t want to be in front of that crowd is absolutely lying."
"To see that and to see how hungry the British fans are for this product, it does, of course, make me go, ‘You had a product. You had a British product that was full of what some considered some of the best wrestlers in the world.’ They had Walter. They had Ilja. They had Pete Dunne. They had British Strong Style. They had so many," continued Webster, referencing the WWE NXT UK brand. "I just thought to myself, ‘You had this roster of so many good people. How does it end up trickling off and end up closing? Why wasn’t it in stadiums? Why wasn’t it selling out 10,000 arenas? Why wasn’t that marketed in such a way, and you, of course, look at it and go, you had all those tools. You had a hungry fan base. It was theirs for the taking. They could have took it."
Continuing, Webster spoke about the women's division of WWE's European brand, which is currently on hiatus and transitioning. Webster says he's happy that if WWE could not capitalize on what they had, AEW is looking to capitalize on growth in England and the British wrestling scene.
"The women’s division was really the cream of the crop when it comes to how many people have gone on to do absolutely incredible things," he said. "You just look at it and go, ‘How did you not capitalize on that?’ So, yeah, I look at it and go, ‘What a waste.’ But at the same time, I am like, ‘Good that AEW is going, ‘Right, okay. Well, if you’re not going to capitalize, we are going to capitalize.’ I have a lot of people on that roster that I’ve wrestled, or I’m friends with. There’s always a part of you that wants to be part of that. That’s what we get into it for. We want that, but also a part of me that’s really happy and proud of seeing my friends succeed."
Nigel McGuinness, a British wrestling legend, recently signed with AEW and spoke about possibly coming out of retirement to wrestle on the major event. Read more here.
Fans can read the latest from Shawn Michaels about the transition from NXT UK to NXT Europe at this link.
