Young Bucks Respond to Video of Fan Removing AEW Gear at WWE Royal Rumble

Nobody inside WWE has apparently heard of the Streisand effect.

Twitter user @scrump_1 shared a video (courtesy of @m4rvelgirl) from the 2019 Royal Rumble in Phoenix supposedly showing a WWE official ask a fan to remove an All Elite Wrestling shirt. Nick Jackson, one half of The Young Bucks and an AEW executive vice president, commented on the video:

Censoring fans isn't anything new from WWE, and it wouldn't be entirely surprising that WWE might not want the logo from a competing promotion shown frequently on the pay-per-view broadcast.

But this isn't exactly the "Monday Night Wars" era. Nobody would argue All Elite Wrestling is already a rival on par with WWE. AEW has yet to stage an event, and it's first marquee pay-per-view, Double or Nothing, isn't until May.

If the fan had continued to wear the shirt, nobody would have given a second thought to see AEW represented in the Royal Rumble crowd. Instead, regardless of whether WWE had him remove it, the video has brought attention and allowed Jackson to promote the AEW brand.