With fans in attendance, spoilers will always get out for a pre-taped show. Lucha Underground went as far as to make fans sign NDA’s, and threatened legal action against websites posting them, and they still got out. However, as we are currently in a situation where most people in the venue are connected to the promotion, they shouldn’t leak.
Shockingly though, a Reddit user named SpaceForce1 has been continuously sharing results, which has infuriated those in the company. Although, according to Chris Jericho, who was speaking on his Saturday Night Special live stream, AEW knows who has been leaking the spoilers, and it’s a “NXT reject.” You can watch the excerpt below where Jericho reveals this.
I was like, listen, we can announce this or we can just not announce it and don’t worry about it and see, you know, the people that know will know, and maybe they’ll watch if they weren’t going to. The people that don’t know, will still be surprised. That’s exactly what happened. People were super surprised that Bischoff was there, and it worked out great.
Chris Jericho
Jericho didn’t disclose the person’s name, but fans online have already begun speculating that either Cezar Bononi or Tino Sabbatelli are the leading suspects. It will probably become evident once we see who doesn’t attend future tapings.
Due to SmackDown being taped on Tuesday’s for many years, fans became accustomed to spoilers being made available on Wednesday. It has been proven over time that spoilers have minimal impact on ratings. That said, wrestling companies would like to surprise fans, and someone connected to the promotion leaking results is a serious breach of trust.
