"They don't treat their fans stupid" - Renee Paquette reveals how AEW treats its fans better than WW

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Former WWE broadcaster Renee Paquette recently revealed how AEW treats its fanbase well, unlike WWE which tends to spoonfeed everything to its viewers.

Paquette served as one of the most prominent backstage interviewers during her tenure with WWE. She was also a commentator on both RAW and SmackDown. She departed the global juggernaut in 2020 to focus on her other interests.


Since her departure, Paquette has been vocal about her opinions on WWE and AEW, where her husband Jon Moxley is a top-tier talent. Speaking on her podcast Oral Sessions, Paquette explained the main difference between how AEW and WWE perceive their audience.

Paquette explained that AEW doesn't spoonfeed every detail, something WWE has been criticized for by many fans. She further applauded AEW for allowing its fanbase to connect the dots by themselves in storylines.

“They [AEW] don’t treat their fans stupid, in terms of not knowing what this is and we’re going to beat you over the head to make sure you understand it. I understand the reasoning of why they do that obviously, but I think with smart fans, and the way that people have access to looking into information that they might not know and being able to connect the dots themselves, I think that there’s something really cool about that that people like to have that sense of discovery, rather than being talked to like they don’t understand,” said Renee Paquette (H/T - WrestlingInc)

, in the main event of AEW Fyter Fest Night 2.

Paquette explained that AEW has a layered approach to storytelling, which allows the fans to completely sink their teeth into the product. She further stated that the endless narrative possibilities make the show fun to watch.

It's true that AEW has adopted a much more subtle way of storytelling, for which it has received widespread appreciation from fans and critics. A prime example is Hangman Page's quest to overcome his anxiety to challenge the current AEW Champion Kenny Omega.
 

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I haven’t followed this enough yet, but supposedly some WWE fans are dragging Renee’s ass online due to her comments.

Man I wish some of these fan(atic)s would just shut the fukk up and watch the damn product, whichever ones they like :comeon:

This. Like what you like. Just don’t be a dikk about it.
 

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I listen to Renee's podcast almost every week. It's really hit or miss, but the shows this week were pretty good. The first episode was her just shooting the shyt with her producer (skip the maternity stuff though unless you want to hear her talk about breastfeeding for like 15 minutes). She talked about the subject OP brought up on that episode.

The second episode is an interview with Stephen Amell. He talks about his shows, how he got involved in wrestling, his relationship with Cody & working with CM Punk on that new show coming out on Starz.
 

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Not sure what that's really saying. I'd think the difference in audience demographics plays a significant part into why the approaches are different, though. :yeshrug:
 

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"almost every" would indicate that the majority of fans at smackdown would know nick gage and pop for him like they did at dynamite
A smark isn’t someone who watches or knows all wrestling feds or wrestlers. A smark is someone who “knows the business”; reads the sheets, aware of how matches are booked, what kind of worker a wrassler is, etc.
 

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Let’s see have sting be cut off after walking 11 weeks in a row

have people get jumped after every match

have no DQ all the time bcuz u wana do Lucha/dumb shyt
 
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