WWE Reportedly Has Staff Dedicated to Watching AEW Programming

TLDR

According to a WrestleVotes report, WWE has staff members whose job specifically involves watching AEW programming and reporting on it internally to analytics and other departments. The report also states that WWE employees regularly discuss AEW programming, with many wrestlers maintaining friendships across both companies due to their shared work history. WrestleVotes noted that some WWE employees in Stamford have AEW action figures on their desks and described this monitoring as "not a hush-hush thing."