Omega and The Bucks declining offers from the E to start their own company is lowkey what started all this energy
couple months later HHH drops the pissant company bar and that elevated the energy
the 24/7 title belt gets revealed and The Bucks say something along the lines of “our titles are actually gonna look good” that elevated the energy
Cody smashes the throne on what i believe was their first PPV that elevated the energy
NXT goes from being a network exclusive to live on cable on the same day and time as Dynamite that elevated the energy to a level it ain’t came down from since
AEW’s gimmick has never been anti-WWE to me it’s been more like we doing stuff WWE ain’t doing on purpose cause we the alternative regardless of the fact we may be using their castoffs
the absence of dusty finishes and squash matches (until recently) was their way of saying you watch us you ain’t getting that WWE shyt watch them for that, the win/loss records is another one
but anyway to answer the question posed by OP i think at the very least we gotta acknowledge the fact that ship jumping and major AEW talents bouncing could happen more frequently then we expected with Cokeboy at the helm, this Gargano main roster run is gonna be a barometer of that
it’ll no doubt be an interesting thing to observe within the next few years but as always we gon have to let it play out like the true WWE fans we are