Swole talks about representation issues with AEW

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[Rollie Forbes]

This. This right here.

 

[Flex Luger]

fukk Tony Khan

 

[Norrin Radd]

WWE back to being great

 

[Rell84shots]

Nah cause cats be trying to put the kufi hat on Vince because he finally decided to start pushing black talent after 40 years and it’s corny as hell.

Fact is, both companies got a long ways to go, no sense in having allegiances to either of these companies, root for black talent and look for black promotions pretty much.

You missed the point. Whenever WWE gets criticized no one brings any other company up, but whenever AEW gets the slightest bit of criticism the IWC immediately goes "but but WWE did (inset example) back in (insert year)". I'm not about to sit up here and complain about a company not pushing black talent, and then shyt on them when they finally do push said talent. It's like people forgot that AEW was making a whole thing about being diverse before they debuted, and they wound up being the haven for the 18-49 cac neckbeard fanbase.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

Here comes the Latino delegation:

 

[96Blue]

Big Swole Explains How Lack Of Diversity And Structure Led To Her Leaving AEW | Fightful News

"My heart just stopped being in it as the reason why I left AEW. I felt like there were a lot of things, and I told them in my exit interview, there are a lot of things that need to change. I know fans of the company don't take criticism well sometimes, certain ones. Know this, this is somebody from the inside, the structure is a little off. It's fine to be loose, but I like to have a little bit more structure. I felt like the women shouldn't have gone through everything they went through just to get on TV or get time. You're signed to this big company, you should get time. All these men are getting time, but the women weren't getting anything or you're not putting people on TV because more people are coming in. Okay, there are more people coming in, but you don't have enough product for all of these people. Now you have all these people sitting around having two or three minute matches on Dark doesn't keep me happy. Shoveling more money doesn't keep a person happy. We've seen time and time again, especially in a place where there's not enough space. There's no writers in a sense. Not everyone is comfortable writing their own things. Closed mouths don't get fed. That's exactly what that environment is. If you are shy and don't know how to write or are not creative, it's not going to work unless they want it to work for you. That's one of their biggest issues," she said.


Along with the lack of structure, Swole saw a bigger issue in AEW and that was a lack of diversity.

"Outside of [lack of structure] their BIGGEST issue, which is diversity. I do not beat around the bush when it comes to diversity and my people. There is no representation, truly, and when there is, it does not come across in the black community as genuine. At all. I don't know why everybody is so afraid to accept it or say it, but it's not a good look. What happens is, you have this wonderful company that treats people like family, but there is nobody that looks like me that is represented at the top and in the room with them. They are not helping to necessarily influence decisions, but to explain why certain slang and certain word shouldn't be said. There is no one else who can explain our culture and experience except for us," she said.

How will they fix this, if they do?

Our "culture"? Isn't she like foreign or something?

 

[Kang Deezy]

This. This right here.

Reach.

 

[Vice Queen]

This goes beyond wrestling. If you saw someone in a position of power talking about an ex-employee like that on Twitter or any public forum, would you want to work for them? Because the minute you diagree with them, they can be aiming at you with their vitriol.

 

[JerseyBoy23]

This. This right here.

They gonna wait for ROH to restart?

 

[Rollie Forbes]

@Bryan Danielson

 

[Paper Boi]

quite a few other minorities going mask off with their resentment for black folks tonight by being willfully ignorant.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

They gonna wait for ROH to restart?

They can go to IMPACT, GCW, MLW, NJPW, or wait for Terminus. They have options.

 

[RammerJammer]

You missed the point. Whenever WWE gets criticized no one brings any other company up, but whenever AEW gets the slightest bit of criticism the IWC immediately goes "but but WWE did (inset example) back in (insert year)". I'm not about to sit up here and complain about a company not pushing black talent, and then shyt on them when they finally do push said talent. It's like people forgot that AEW was making a whole thing about being diverse before they debuted, and they wound up being the haven for the 18-49 cac neckbeard fanbase.

The last part I do agree with, this probably wouldn’t even be a thing, if AEW didn’t paint themselves as the progressive promotion back in 2019, Impact and ROH have been much more progressive than them.