I think AEW could make their product more accessible without sacrificing anything honestly
If they adopted the approach that every episode is someone’s first time watching, shyt would be smooth. Just do away with little nuances like callbacks to Indy’s no one watched (Danielson’s final countdown entrance, etc.) and references to anything Puro in general (Ospreay’s tiger driver struggles)
I know that stuff pops the hardcore habitual watchers but shyt like that kinda loses fringe fans imo. you’re essentially including things that aren’t accessible to a show that’s already barely accessible itself lol.
If AEW got away from that and maybe ditched a match or two every week in favor of recaps and/or promo packages or segs that uniformly caught non weekly viewers up on what they should be paying attention to as far as the match that’s following, I think it would be an easier watch and have a wider reach..
Everything else can literally stay the same. Focus can stay on wrestling or whatever.. plus we know we’re getting an A+ match card for PPV’s anyway, so doing away with a random 6 man tag or two per show ain’t really an issue. You should want ya show to feel like an all inclusive club instead of a boys club you have to pass a test and jump through a hoop to get into lol
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