WCW always had the older demographic of wrestling fans on deck, since the NWA days. the WWF was always geared towards the kids. the only thing different in the mid-90s is that the WWF had no draws.
wrestling was has been in much better shape than heavyweight boxing. people just refuse to tale a peak outside of the WWE plantation. TNA & ROH were light-years ahead of the WWE in quality for many moons.
and yall gotta realize that pro wrestling as a whole is "corny" period. theres always a stigma attached to it. people are gonna look at you sideways whenever they come to the realization that you like wrestling just as much or more than basketball, football, etc.
That’s my exact point about WWE. They got the middle school humor goofy hijinx on lock, I’d rather the competition stick to a hard hitting product as opposed to a jokey one. I don’t need AEW to reinvent the wheel, but after eating good off NJPW, Stardom and Lucha Underground all these years I know that promoters can create a compelling wrestling company for adults if they choose to. I’m not worried about a stigma for watching wrestling, I just enjoy the sports aspect of New Japan and the deep storytelling in LU, but the smark cheese factor and dikk jokes do nothing for me, so while we’re all waiting to see what AEW is going to be, my hope as a fan is that the cheese is kept to a minimum.
Like in LU, there’s plenty of humor but it’s more like an acid trip and a Grand Theft Auto/Better Call Saul type feel at times. That’s a style choice, and when they brought Joey Ryan in, the storytelling came first and his gimmick wasn’t as over the top.
Again, it has nothing to do with being stuck on WWE because I’m not. I’m just hoping with the money they’re putting into this they lean more toward dope feuds, stories and big fight feel, and less popping the crowd with jokes. They could easily keep the fans they already have by too sweeting everyone, spamming superkicks, and doing the dikk lollipop, but it’d be cool if they keep challenging themselves. A guy like Jericho being in the locker room is definitely good because he always reinvents himself.
Breh barely gives a fukk in WWE
