WWE has been having fun with all the AEW mentions in their program.
It all started this week with WWE champion Cody Rhodes attending NXT to meet with Ethan Page, Shawn Spears, and Lexis King.
They even had that Spiderman multiverse moment.
And now they referenced it in Scotland during the go-away segment between Cody and AJ Styles.
Yes, if this were the Vince McMahon era, WWE would have brushed aside all of their detractors. However, this is the TKO era, and whenever UFC fighters do a promo against their opponents, they make it as real as it gets... and extremely petty doing it.
This is why most WWE promos land these days because the hint of reality isn't just about namedropping a rival organization, they are doing this to create stars.
If you think about it, AJ Styles was defeated by LA Knight a Wrestlemania prior, and now he is seen as a credible opponent for Rhodes. I don't like how Styles covered the Mark Henry retirement angle, but referencing it here made it more correct.