Dave Scherer of PWInsider.com noted the following regarding WWE’s reaction to the Blood and Guts match from last week’s AEW Dynamite:
“I have heard from people in management and they hated it. One person told me, and I quote, ‘That just set the business back 30 years’. Did it? I don’t know but I was told that the people in charge weren’t happy. On the other hand, I talked to wrestlers that loved it because they would love to do something like that themselves.”
According to RingsideNews, one person in WWE stated that “it was a bad image for the industry, especially the obvious blading.”
As PWMania.com previously reported, both Shayna Baszler and Shotzi Blackheart seemingly took shots at the finish of the match.