God-Of-War-420
Mr. Pool
Lol true and don't forget they had to go up against Juneteenth... completely unfair!You really can't blame the ratings on Tony Khan! Going up against the powerhouse of C-SPAN replayed episodes isn't fair and then the cocaine that he does while booking doesn't give him the magical powers that his dealer said it would.
Gymnastic routine vs a fight??? You don't watch wrestling for its fighting prowess! Otherwise you'd see a lot more of this in the streets!
It's all escapism. I can't crotch chop someone and then superkick them, but I also can't perform a hurincanrana either.
I can accept the dusty Rhodes tribute by his son vs guys doing clearly rehearsed gymnastics routines, where its clear they are cooperating. The reason fans are resonating with wrestlers like Gunther and bron breaker is because they're much more believable then the flippy indie style "wrestling" which turned fans like myself off for years. There's suspending disbelief and then there's insulting my intelligence. I don't mind a bit of high flying here and there, I don't mind finishers off the top rope, what I don't like is fake video game bullshit that makes pro wrestling look damn stupid.
People can like whatever they want, but the numbers speak for themselves. WWE is selling out their shows and filling their venues twice weekly on tv(plus NXT and untelevised House shows) aew is giving away tickets to run half empty shows where an entire side of the arena is empty, WWE is running ples all over the world selling out and having governments literally making campaign promises around delivering WrestleMania lmao
Aew has zero household names, I could go to Publix with will ospraey, mjf, and swerve Strickland in Florida and we could ship in peace.
Couldn't do that with Cody Rhodes, CM punk, and Randy Orton.
There's a reason for all this but Tony Khan and the cult of aew aka the AEW fanbase don't want to listen to anybody.
According to aew fans we all want AEW to fail because we're just casual fed fans who don't want any company to succeed. In reality(I'll speak for myself here) The best time in wrestling had WWF, WCW and WCW running on all cylinders and hell njpw and several other companies were all eating. I would love to have more wrestling to watch that didn't suck, but Tony Khan is too full of himself to realize he isn't a genius booker and that he shouldn't be allowing the inmates run the asylum. When wcw let Kevin Nash run the show, what did he do? Went into business for himself and his buddies without a care for the organization. To quote Nash "his checks stayed the same no matter what" the young bucks, ospraey, Omega and all Tony's buddies being in charge isn't working, they aren't bookers they're not creatives, they're talent.
Anyway I've said enough lol I already wrote a book and I'm not high enough yet to continue
"skill"....