I still feel like AEW need time, they aren't going to be able to be at their best so early. I feel they also need constructive feedback rather than just praise, they need to hear genuine responses from the fans positive or negative.
They have positive and negative elements thus far. Also the expectations can't be too high, the best things the fans can do is let their voice be heard and then they can decide from there, but in this era it's near impossible to please everyone.
There's a lot of good they've done, I like that fact they've taken chances, chair head shots should never be gratuitous in this age but the fact they did it and something different I like, set rules can be boring and feel phoney, for a big match they can be broken.
Darby I thought came out of this well, his character has now interested me when previously I didn't know who he was, the commentary team sold his backstory well and in the ring he felt believable that he was a troubled guy who didn't give a fukk. I thought Cody vs Darby was the best match, it was the 1 I came away from the show remembering the most because of the story. Cody has had the best match to me on both shows now.
Need to rewatch the Moxley match as had some ish to do so got a bit distracted but liked what I saw. Found both impressive.
Omega is a bag of potential but can be inconsistent, when he steps it up he's amazing, I like him when he's fast paced and wrestles. There's times where I feel like he's gone through the motions or maybe he had an issue, but when he ramps it up he's a beast. I also feel like what will benefit him is proper storylines, in and out the matches, his match with Jericho , the first 1 I enjoyed, it was paced well, the Omega vs Okada match I saw didn't resonate with me, there was so many flaws in the 1 I saw that were irritating to me but Omega to me has true moments of brilliance, I want him to put it all together. Maybe he will when he's given real storylines, let's hope so. He also has flaws I'd like him to address, but will he when he has so many stans? I don't know.
The Young Bucks also frustrate me, fantastic athletes, they could be amazing, but they are overkilling shyt. Their matches aren't feeling real to me cause it's a point where it's silly, devastating move, kick out, devastating move kick out, it makes the moves seem less impactful and devastating. These fundamentals being ignored take me out of the match. I don't feel like you can do moves that look like they kill someone and have the opponent kicking out all the time. I would like to see some more storytelling in their matches, at least keep it short and sweet. It's too much....
MJF is a talent, Adam Page looks talented from what I've seen too. I wanna see Pac back. MJF is important to the company, a true heel. I want to see more stories and storylines, I love a great match but the best wrestling to me is when there's a reason, a story and a reason and then the match lives up to it.
Owen vs Bret at Mania was 1 of the great matches to me, was a lot of psychology in the match. Shawn vs Taker 2, high stakes and dramatic.
So to me AEW are doing a lot good and some bad, it's all in how they progress from here.