How was that not their PRIMARY goal?
Britt Baker Says AEW's Next Goal Is Mainstream Success
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Boondox Black
Pro
Bad booking aside, another thing that keeps AEW out of the mainstream is a lack of interesting characters. Just having a show with back to back matches may satisfy the fanbase, but that won't draw any new eyes to AEW.
Outside of Sting, Mark Henry, Big Show, & Jericho, and MAYBE Jade, Starks, & MJF, there's not a single homegrown member of the roster (including TK) that the mainstream would care about.
As much as we shyt on Vince & Bischoff, they knew how to get fans to care about the wrestlers. WCW & WWF wrestlers were regulars on Arsenio, Jay Leno, MTV, etc. HHH was on SNL & The Bernie Mac Show, Bret Hart was on MadTV & The Simpsons, and Batista is in the MCU. Miz just played in the celebrity game on MLB All Star Weekend and he did Dancing With The Stars, Roman was just on the Today Show, and Bianca Belair is on a trajectory to be bigger than the business in a few years. Sasha and Naomi's exit even made the mainstream press. The Rock is one of the biggest stars on the planet. None of these people would be where they are if we didn't have a reason to care about them in the first place. We fans connected to their characters, and supported them as they became mainstream.
Almost nobody on the AEW roster has a clearly defined character (no, painting half of your face, bleeding, or cussing isn't a character). A few weekly 10-30 second interviews and video packages would go a long way in helping to develop interesting characters that could one day wind up on Jimmy Fallon or get the lead in a major motion picture.
Outside of Sting, Mark Henry, Big Show, & Jericho, and MAYBE Jade, Starks, & MJF, there's not a single homegrown member of the roster (including TK) that the mainstream would care about.
As much as we shyt on Vince & Bischoff, they knew how to get fans to care about the wrestlers. WCW & WWF wrestlers were regulars on Arsenio, Jay Leno, MTV, etc. HHH was on SNL & The Bernie Mac Show, Bret Hart was on MadTV & The Simpsons, and Batista is in the MCU. Miz just played in the celebrity game on MLB All Star Weekend and he did Dancing With The Stars, Roman was just on the Today Show, and Bianca Belair is on a trajectory to be bigger than the business in a few years. Sasha and Naomi's exit even made the mainstream press. The Rock is one of the biggest stars on the planet. None of these people would be where they are if we didn't have a reason to care about them in the first place. We fans connected to their characters, and supported them as they became mainstream.
Almost nobody on the AEW roster has a clearly defined character (no, painting half of your face, bleeding, or cussing isn't a character). A few weekly 10-30 second interviews and video packages would go a long way in helping to develop interesting characters that could one day wind up on Jimmy Fallon or get the lead in a major motion picture.
Dipsey Doo
Superstar
Orange Cassidy and Dan Hausen next mainstream stars from wrasslin
Redguard
Hoonding
Bad booking and lack of interesting characters is hurting both AEW and WWE.
Big show is aew most searched wrestler
Lmao
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Ironman
#Knickstape
The only one capable is Jade 
Is what she said supposed to be some sort of surprise revelation? 
You're right but these indy loving dweebs think it's all about Meltzer approved matches by people that look like janitors
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CEO of Morgan Industries
Superstar
AEW caters to a niche of a niche, so until they decide to try something else, they will continue to be capped at less than a million people who watch their shows
CBoz
We Are NXT!
Primary goal was getting 5 stars from Meltzer.
Finn Baller
Superstar
Is what she said supposed to be some sort of surprise revelation?
Well CM Punk insists that there’s no such thing as a casual fan so at least Britt is smarter than his bitter ass
CBoz
We Are NXT!
Well when you are good at one thing you don't go do something your not good at.Goddamn breh. I legit got dream broken by this post and I'm not a shytty wrestler
As they say "Don't quit your day job."
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Sad to say it but this is as mainstream Dub going to get
. Khan and em need to stop having these high mighty expectations and accept Comic Con nerd money. Everything about the Dub screams smark mark, so how in the living hell they are going to reach a mainstream audience, when they have Mancer in a main event, yet a single soul do not know who the fukk he is.
Well when you are good at one thing you don't go do something your not good at.
I am going to rep this post. Like I am all for dreams, but goddamn if you are good at something just embrace it and not forsake it. Hell, I got a overbite out of the ass and would desire a dentist like Britt Baker. If I am getting my teeth checked by Britt, I'm not going to go "how was the match?" I'm going to go "what that invisalign do
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