People in WWE were reportedly "very surprised" by The Rock praising AEW during his tribute video to PAC. "The Rock and Nick Khan are close. I do not believe that that has changed. Were there people in WWE who were very surprised at his wording and what he said, especially with him being on the TKO Board of Directors? Yes, they were very surprised… Not that he did the video or anything like that, but the wording in the video where he praised them and essentially gave them the stamp of, 'Yeah, you guys are good for business and work hard and you're helping make wrestling.' Not the message that I think the company wants out. The idea of him doing the video, no one is going to be mad at that. But yeah, the wording, people brought it up to me. As far as Nick Khan, I couldn't tell you." In his tribute video, The Rock noted, in part, that "AEW is growing into this phenomenal wrestling company" and referred to Tony Khan and QT Marshall as his friends. (Source: Wrestling Observer Radio)