The only people who are watching AEW are AEW fans and that base is not enough to translate into big enough numbers to make an imprint on wrestling fans or compete with the juggernaut that is WWE.

Man, look at their social media footprints, WWE has 100 Million subscribers on YouTube alone. AEW has 4 million.

There are camera review YouTubers that have a larger audience than AEW.

AEW may be on cable TV but their audience is still pretty much a niche market.

They continue to fail at breaking through and being thought of as "mainstream" wrestling.
As I mentioned before I've been getting back into wrestling after a fairly long hiatus, and thankful to the poster who linked me to the aew ppv so I could check it out and I think I can safely and confidently answer why they hadn't been able to break through with fans.

And I mean no disrespect to aew fans(enjoy what you enjoy, makes no difference to me!) I am happy that there's a place where wrestlers are getting massive pay check...but

Aew has to be the hands down worst brand of wrestling I have ever witnessed, and that includes the Russo chicanery at wcw lol the characters are all forgettable and terrible, the storylines are either non existent or forgettable, the style of wrestling is closer to cirque de sole than to anything that's supposed to even resemble an actual fight between two people, I saw one guy named Eddie Kingston who looked like the dude who trims my hedges throwing slaps and knees so awkward and slow that the people I was watching with literally walked out of the room. All while the audience goes wild like they're watching one of the all time great matches, this is awesome!...not it's not! there's no suspense or storytelling in the matches, zero in ring psychology, it's just a bunch of heavily choreographed "look what I can do" bullshit. I've seen backyard companies with more compelling matches.

If this wasn't being funded by an out of his mind billionaire this dog shit would have folded ages ago.

God damn this shit is terrible.

Again, no disrespect to aew fans lol and another thanks for the poster who linked me to the ppv, which was horrible lol that ppv had the pacing and production value of nxt at best. I couldn't believe my eyes.
 
As I mentioned before I've been getting back into wrestling after a fairly long hiatus, and thankful to the poster who linked me to the aew ppv so I could check it out and I think I can safely and confidently answer why they hadn't been able to break through with fans.

And I mean no disrespect to aew fans(enjoy what you enjoy, makes no difference to me!) I am happy that there's a place where wrestlers are getting massive pay check...but

Aew has to be the hands down worst brand of wrestling I have ever witnessed, and that includes the Russo chicanery at wcw lol the characters are all forgettable and terrible, the storylines are either non existent or forgettable, the style of wrestling is closer to cirque de sole than to anything that's supposed to even resemble an actual fight between two people, I saw one guy named Eddie Kingston who looked like the dude who trims my hedges throwing slaps and knees so awkward and slow that the people I was watching with literally walked out of the room. All while the audience goes wild like they're watching one of the all time great matches, this is awesome!...not it's not! there's no suspense or storytelling in the matches, zero in ring psychology, it's just a bunch of heavily choreographed "look what I can do" bullshit. I've seen backyard companies with more compelling matches.

If this wasn't being funded by an out of his mind billionaire this dog shit would have folded ages ago.

God damn this shit is terrible.

Again, no disrespect to aew fans lol and another thanks for the poster who linked me to the ppv, which was horrible lol that ppv had the pacing and production value of nxt at best. I couldn't believe my eyes.
.....and cats thought I was too harsh with my critiques of AEW...lolz

I want it to succeed but I just cannot get fully invested in AEW, it's just too corny for me. And you hit the nail on the head with Eddie Kingston, the guy looks like he should be trimming hedges or delivering washers and dryers......His chop move set is embarrassing.
 
.....and cats thought I was too harsh with my critiques of AEW...lolz

I want it to succeed but I just cannot get fully invested in AEW, it's just too corny for me. And you hit the nail on the head with Eddie Kingston, the guy looks like he should be trimming hedges or delivering washers and dryers......His chop move set is embarrassing.
Lol I was holding back, I see people are passionate about aew(all three of them who watch lol) so I don't want to shit on it too hard, but it is just not for me. I am glad that wrestlers are making a killing off tony though lol good for them!
 
I look forward to seeing this. Although I really wasn't a big fan of Wyatt's, especially the Firehouse/Fiend stuff, I respect how he always reinvented himself.

Definitely gotta check this out, the fiend was one of the first gimmicks that caught my eye after my hiatus from watching. The whole dual character thing was great imo.
 
As I mentioned before I've been getting back into wrestling after a fairly long hiatus, and thankful to the poster who linked me to the aew ppv so I could check it out and I think I can safely and confidently answer why they hadn't been able to break through with fans.

And I mean no disrespect to aew fans(enjoy what you enjoy, makes no difference to me!) I am happy that there's a place where wrestlers are getting massive pay check...but

Aew has to be the hands down worst brand of wrestling I have ever witnessed, and that includes the Russo chicanery at wcw lol the characters are all forgettable and terrible, the storylines are either non existent or forgettable, the style of wrestling is closer to cirque de sole than to anything that's supposed to even resemble an actual fight between two people, I saw one guy named Eddie Kingston who looked like the dude who trims my hedges throwing slaps and knees so awkward and slow that the people I was watching with literally walked out of the room. All while the audience goes wild like they're watching one of the all time great matches, this is awesome!...not it's not! there's no suspense or storytelling in the matches, zero in ring psychology, it's just a bunch of heavily choreographed "look what I can do" bullshit. I've seen backyard companies with more compelling matches.

If this wasn't being funded by an out of his mind billionaire this dog shit would have folded ages ago.

God damn this shit is terrible.

Again, no disrespect to aew fans lol and another thanks for the poster who linked me to the ppv, which was horrible lol that ppv had the pacing and production value of nxt at best. I couldn't believe my eyes.

No disrespect taken. And some might think I am not an AEW fan, but I HAVE to call bullshyt when I see it! I can't blindly enjoy a product just cause it ain't WWE (which I am becoming a fan of again) The only issue I take is with Eddie Kingston while you are correct, no argument, but we have a Kevin Owens. Now I am not saying that a Kevin Owens is a Eddie Kingston, just drawing a parallel as Kevin used to be looked at as a guy that would come and fix your kitchen sink. That Performance Center is a saving grace. Where indy talent can go and perfect their craft. People seem to forget how WWE used to look before the Performance Center when you had to set time to work matches out in a closed arena. Where the top guys got to work and everybody else had to workout shyt hours. The womens division and lower roster wrestlers used to be garbage!

And Cirque De Sole? Are you acting like EVERY hispanic (except Andrade) wrestler in WWE doesn't do the same thing? I think what WWE does VERY well is space those kinds of matches out.

Again not taking disrespect to what you said, just giving reason to the rhyme you gave.
 
No disrespect taken. And some might think I am not an AEW fan, but I HAVE to call bullshyt when I see it! I can't blindly enjoy a product just cause it ain't WWE (which I am becoming a fan of again) The only issue I take is with Eddie Kingston while you are correct, no argument, but we have a Kevin Owens. Now I am not saying that a Kevin Owens is a Eddie Kingston, just drawing a parallel as Kevin used to be looked at as a guy that would come and fix your kitchen sink.

I've NEVER been one to get wrapped up in a wrestler's physique. I grew up watching Dusty Rhodes. Did he have a great physique? Of course not but he knew how to cut a promo and work in the ring and is one of the all-time greats in the business. If we're gonna make the argument that Eddie Kingston could very well be fixing a kitchen sink you can also say Dusty could very well be working at General Motors. People need to get past the whole "Vince McMahon every wrestler has to have a steroid looking physique" narrow minded nonsense and enjoy the show. Kingston is over with the AEW fanbase because the average person can relate to him. His realness comes across in his promos. He's probably one the best promo guys in AEW and as a workrate guy I would definitely say his ring work has improved since he first came to AEW. He's adopted the All Japan Kings Road style which suits him perfectly.


That Performance Center is a saving grace. Where indy talent can go and perfect their craft. People seem to forget how WWE used to look before the Performance Center when you had to set time to work matches out in a closed arena. Where the top guys got to work and everybody else had to workout shyt hours. The womens division and lower roster wrestlers used to be garbage!

There's some good to the Performance Center but it's definitely not the end all be all. If anything indy talent (especially women) should take tours to Japan to really learn how to work in the ring. The Performance Center will help get you TV ready but won't make you a well rounded wrestler.

And Cirque De Sole? Are you acting like EVERY hispanic (except Andrade) wrestler in WWE doesn't do the same thing?


Not only that but Lucha Libre is a legit style of pro wrestling with an history dating back to the 1800's. This whole idea that every wrestler has to fit into one particular style or else it's not pro wrestling is retarded. There are many different styles of wrestling. There is no one way to do it. If everybody did the same style that shit would be boring as fuck. Variety is the spice of life. Also, this narrative that it has to look like an actual fight is bullshit! Nobody is doing Irish whips in a real fight. Wrestling is a performance not a fight. It requires cooperation and choreography from both parties involved. To really make wrestling look like an actual fight you would have to book it to look like MMA/UFC and nobody is gonna pay to watch a fake version of that when you can watch the real thing.
 
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