AEW 5 YEAR REPORT CARD - give your letter grade of AEW as a promotion to date
- Thread starter Ed MOTHERFUCKING G
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They don't give a shyt about any of this lol
Rell84shots
Veteran
Yes, And Tony has basically becoming Herb Abrams.An F would be like UWF in the 90s
Cattle Mutilation
Superstar
Just curious, why haven’t you checked it out any other time?Only time I tuned in was for the memorial of Brodie
Yall want that for sure
They have cocaine & wrestling in common, but Herb also loved strippers & hookers.
Tony just wants to hang out with Miss Kenny & Jungle Boy.
They're not quite the same.
Yeah their early roster didn’t interest me at all.
Joey Janela, QT Marshall, Marko Stunt?
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Jimmy Havoc, Shawn Spears, Sonny Kiss, Leva Bates. I was only checking out certain parts of Dynamite. Nothing was worth watching the entire show. These dudes are delusional trying to praise those early years.Yeah their early roster didn’t interest me at all.
Joey Janela, QT Marshall, Marko Stunt?
Hell, their 1st ever match, the Casino Battle Royale, featured a guy with no feet.Yeah their early roster didn’t interest me at all.
Joey Janela, QT Marshall, Marko Stunt?
Saysumthinfunnymike
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Omega main evented a show, I think a YouTube show against Joey Janela it was a "Lights Out" Match. I remember it being pretty good and people going wild over it.
The reason I bring this up: AEW has matches like that all the time now. WWE has matches like that all the time. It was a thing because of how God awful WWE was at the time and how refreshing AEW was at the time.
WWE needed better stories and did that. WWE needed better wrestling and did that.
AEW still has the wrestling but they are severely lacking in the department that a lot of casuals watch for. The stories.
The reason I bring this up: AEW has matches like that all the time now. WWE has matches like that all the time. It was a thing because of how God awful WWE was at the time and how refreshing AEW was at the time.
WWE needed better stories and did that. WWE needed better wrestling and did that.
AEW still has the wrestling but they are severely lacking in the department that a lot of casuals watch for. The stories.
Cattle Mutilation
Superstar
I’ve said it before, but the lack of depth for that early AEW roster is what eventually made me stop watching.Yeah their early roster didn’t interest me at all.
Joey Janela, QT Marshall, Marko Stunt?
Like @MenacingMonk said, I didn’t start watching regularly until Punk came on board and the quality of that roster started skyrocketing shortly after that. I was in Cloud 9 when they brought in Danielson and Adam Cole on the same night.
When it debuted I wanted to quit on the 'E cause of burnout and I just started to feel like "wrestling is wrestling" with ever company. I think I really only watch WWE is cause of TSC.
Saysumthinfunnymike
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I would've given their first 6 months an A-. Overall I'd give them a B-. Right now they're a C.
The show has gotten watered down a lot with all their shows and huge roster. They haven't had many good angles in the last year imo. Success wise they've had a pretty good run.
Cody's minimized influence and then leaving was the difference in the show feeling like WCWs successor to feeling like an indy show with a big budget.
I don't see these PPVs as As. If there's no point to the matches and no reason to care, that matters, even if the wrestlers physically have an impressive match. A big part of a good PPV is I'm looking forward to it and care going in.
The show has gotten watered down a lot with all their shows and huge roster. They haven't had many good angles in the last year imo. Success wise they've had a pretty good run.
Cody's minimized influence and then leaving was the difference in the show feeling like WCWs successor to feeling like an indy show with a big budget.
I don't see these PPVs as As. If there's no point to the matches and no reason to care, that matters, even if the wrestlers physically have an impressive match. A big part of a good PPV is I'm looking forward to it and care going in.