There was another factor - Jericho vs Omega in New Japan was apparently one of the things that convinced Tony that the time was right for a new promotion.
It's stupid. Cody Rhodes responsible for the creation on AEW? That's Kayfabe at it's best. This is bigger than some stupid wrestler trying to prove he can promote an event on social media lol. This is illuminati bullshit. Maybe Vince McMahon pissed off his puppet masters and they decided to give him another "major" promotion. Or they want to wake up WWE via competition. The world is a work.
WWE really did that whole mess with Rollins and The Fiend in the Hell in A Cell right when Dynamite was going to debut, that’s why I started watching AEW
I watched the first episode of "Dynamite." That Friday was the first Fox "Smackdown." It featured an 8 second squash of Kofi Kingston by Brock Lesnar for The WWE Championship. I was angered because Kofimania had been so good and Kofi just gets buried. At this moment, the fact that Kofi was champ is not mentioned ever. That squash of Kofi killed my need to watch WWE. AEW became my go to wrestling spot.
Yeah I mean WWE haven't been doing themselves any favours for a long time, their booking was repetative and honestly bottom of the barrell at times, no effort needed as its all many felt they had without going out their way to find an alternative, jericho and omega had me interested, that whole AEW announcement outdoors was what made me go "oh, this is actually happening, cool, competition"
@@edalder2000 Couldnt they at least have a good match? I mean we all knew kofi would obviously lose but everyone was expecting a competitive match.And the fact that after the loss kofi acted like none of it happened...WWE manages to piss me off a lot man lol
The piece that's missing and it's a big piece is Don Callis. If didn't start a podcast at the behest of Jericho he would have never sat with Kenny and Jericho in Winnipeg realizing that he and Kenny had a relationship. This led Kenny to getting Callis a job in NJPW. Callis pitched Alpha vs Omega which is what led to TK deciding that wrestling's international appeal was viable to products other than WWE.
I realized a year or so ago that Don Callis was a driving force behind me getting into new japan wrestling. his announcing sold me on it, kenny omega and getting out of my wwe box
@@prj7894 overpaid? so how much do you think it's worth exactly? considering both WWE and AEW where in bidding for it knowing that the whole point of buying it was to then use it to help build their younger stars and with it build the worth of the library, and that the amount it sold for is pretty much pennies to both of them, even more so for khan
Just one note: All In was already in the planning phases when Meltzer responded to that tweet. They used that tweet as part of the promotion for the event and it definitely helped to elevate it but the actual event was not a direct response to that tweet.
Hey Doc, just a fan cruising through, great work that you do on AEW and WWE wrestlers, as well as anyone else in need of chiropractic work, keep up the great content
So cool to be very much aware of this before, during and after it happened. I remember eagerly following BTE leading up to the announcement. Even though the it was heavily rumored the All In crew was going to announce a new wrestling company, New Years Day when that first ever AEW logo was on Hanger's phone... man. *so* cool. Still gives me chills! Proud to be a fan!
While I think this is well done, I don't think you can talk about the creation of AEW without going a little bit more into the dissatisfaction that many of its stars have had with WWE. From Punk originally leaving and likely never returning to Cody to Jericho to Moxley. The entire Elite resisted the overtures from WWE because they knew their worth and knew they'd be misused.
And it seemed like a bunch if talent was ready for a change cuz the storyline and talent being misused at that time was DISGUSTING. Ambrose and Finn and Dolph were peaking and all Vince wanted to push was Bobby Lashley, Corbin and Elias playing guitar every effin week.
Andddd now cody & punk are alll back in the wwe 😂😂😂 you really thought they felt misused. These dudes went back as soon as the money came. They dont care where they go. They just need a bag bro. AEW OR WWE it didnt matter.
Jon Moxley is the most important signing in AEW history he was the reason why people turned into AEW in the first place including me and the guy became the ace of the company
AEW is the reason I watch pro wrestling again and I love it but they need more segment for women division. I mean really velvet won again willow, velvet will never get over her ring work is improved but not significant
Love these videos ...you should do a history of the foren object.... growing up I was a big fan of "El Perro Aguayo" one of his gimmick was a fork but I was more show then a weapon he'll show to the audience an taunt them while the ref back was turn...this got the crow really going....and that's just one of the way other wrestler use the weapon like a weapon and you knew (when the sledge hammer)came out it mean business....I could think of a million
@@michaelhulett8367 even though i like AEW i fucking hating the bucks xD i still dont get why anyone treats meltzer or cornette with anything less than contempt at this point in the wrestling business they are both so fucking out of touch
It's great they we can enjoy both promotions! I hate the "us vs them" attitude towards the two companies. They scratch different itches and are both great in their own ways. Sure, WWE has huge issues imo, but when they're good, they're great! Stone cold at WM was simply fantastic.
I'd love someone to do a video comparing AEW's goals to if it achieved them or how close they are to achieving them. Cody made a lot of boisterous promises and as much as i love aew, a lot of them didn't see mto come true. Still no wrestling unions and the analytics is'nt as up front as was initially stated.
I think aew should have been delayed a little bit more longer than this until 2021 because I still wanted Cody, young bucks, page, Kenny and Marty to keep winning New Japan and Ring of Honor gold. I wanted to see Cody win roh belt again, and Marty also win it, Cody at least winning the IWGP ic championship, backs win the IWGP heavyweight tag team Championships along with the roh tag team Championships, hangman page winning roh TV championship and then the IWGP us title and Kenny Omega keeping the IWGP championship until Russell Kingdom 14 becoming a part of the dash for gold. Granted that would have meant that aw would have been delayed because of the pandemic but we still would have got everything we wanted.
Wrestling World love AEW Tony khan, talent and all the drama with AEW made Wrestling fun again Real competition for wwe which is actually better than wwe
Feel like anyone who hates AEW hates wrestling Even though AEW have flaws they made wrestling better for fans and the wrestlers themselves Only thing that suffered from AEW's existence was NXT
THE BUCKS haven't wrestled in the whole year of 2023. I don't think they have the same passion as Cody Rhodes. And I think there's something to their trying to push out CM Punk now than him being the insane person he's made out to be.
After the Wrestlemania poopywood, the nameless pervy one returning and Jay White being in AEW, simply, AEW became into a more a viable option, comparing with WWE Titanic, Vince's Iceberg and Cody Dicaprio 🥶.
All Elite Wrestling was born in 2019 and I haven't looked back to even attempt watching WWE since. Before that Wrestling companies such as ROH, NJPW, NOAH, Stardom etc occupied my wrestling needs.
Oh I give WWE a chance, the PPVs more so, i find myself watching on 2x speed though often and when people say "MY GOD THAT MATCH WAS A FUCKING 10 STAR" and im left going "it was about 20 botches and the same 5 moves we see every week on a TV show" i'm left wondering what the fuck the wrestling space has turned into xD i was happy when the fucking hulk hogan 5 move match was abandoned, but then it came back with cena with a vengance
kinda, I haven't been too impressed with jericho at all but he did get me to stop and have a look at the AEW announcement at the very start, he got himself back in shape now though so hopefully he finds a good gimmick or story to go with it because this "we are sports entertainers" jericho appreciation society thing is going to tire fast moxley though 100% got me to watch
You will see now that Tony has brought the bot thing up, which everyone knows about anyways that wrestling fans will call anyone a bot if they have cristism at all on any wrestling promotion.
@@flyinghighagain80 Oh look a TK cultist has dropped to do his master's bidding lol. Seriously, grow up and realize AEW is not perfect and there's stuff to critique about it. Stop licking Tony's boots 👢.
If you're on twitter sure, it's a fucking rampant with them and they often refuse to reply to comments, everyone knows a REAL troll will reply happily with more shit to talk xD
@@pooldead7712 you right though, as much as twitter IS a fucking wash of bots the majority of the time, there are plenty of fans on both sides we may aswell throw into that pile too lol like ive fucking hated WWE booking for years now, doesn't mean im mark for AEW just because i prefer their booking, it means im waiting for WWE to get their shit together and stop forcing the same repetative shit down my throat, then i'll fucking watch with joy again rather than a slight groan xD which fuck i manage with AEW at times too
TNT was only expecting 500k viewers on a regular basis out of dynamite so regardless of what WWE diehards try to tell you they’re exceeding expectations
I wouldn't say TNA ever came close, they never got out of that shitty tiny studio set arena, the crowds where as big as my thumb, had some great talent then watered it down by hiring EVERY SINGLE WCW/WWE wrestlers they could, fucking kevin nash in the lightweight division.... billy gunn and road dogg constantly calling out triple H and shawn micheals was desperate as fuck, im just glad AJ and samoa joe and jay leathal got their shots, it was fun but never anywhere close to touching the bigger companies that have existed
Had it not been for dixie carters and hulk hogans bullshit.TNA would have more than likely been way more than what it is now.Honestly it would've been interesting and the impact vs AEW shit would have been way more important
Can't believe Tony figured out about my army of bots. Now if only he could figure out how to run the 10 billion dollars in sports franchises he ruined.
Seemed like a dig at cody cause honestly most ppl that weren't hardcore knew cody and didn't know Kenny. Honestly he was the only reason my friends and I knew about bullet club
No remotely true at all, sure if you don't watch anything outside of WWE you would go "cody because i know him" but in reality it just wasn't the case and why would they need to take a shot at cody? they mostly cover WWE stuff and cover it positively, I noticed it because of jericho and i had seen jericho and omega, so i gave it a shot, cody though i knew more as "the dude that reinvented himself through WCPW and ROH" he was doing good, but he wasn't on the level of jericho and omega at that point at all, certainly far bigger after the past 3 years and after taking all he learned from those other companies during his tenure at AEW, people just take this "pillars of AEW" thing too seriously, because even sami was considered a "pillar" but he had nothing to do with its startup
@@JaxDagger Cody was on wwe when it was 4 million views a week also omegas popularity is in Japan and hardcore fans in America but no he isn’t Bigger than Cody , Cody had a more famous name than omega ppl in the business know his name but no example cody has a million followers on twitter omega has half of that Cody has almost 900 k followers on ig also a great example of the differences Cody drew money in TNA and ROH he was the top guy the champion during their highest run say what you will omega may have been the Indy darling but Cody’s more famous world wide now Jericho yeah Jericho is more famous than both cause Jericho was famous when wrestling was the coolest thing on tv but no it’s Jericho Cody kenny
@@drehgonden1103 which is ironic cause Cody joined the Bullet Club because it was the hottest thing outside WWE. sorry but for most people Bullet Club isn't known because of Cody.
What got me excited for AEW was the presentation as promotion by wrestlers for wrestlers. The Bucks, Cody and Omega were front and center, and that gave me confidence that something amazing was coming. Now it seems like it's falling into WCW tropes. The roster is getting more bloated, the angles are getting more hokey, and the resident billionaire coming gradually off the rails. That's without mentioning the production gaffes and botches - forgivable for an upstart alternative, not so much for something presenting itself as a direct competitor.
@@VelvetMetrolink everything I said and the mention of production gaffes is the only thing you could go for? I'll bite tho, the production gaffes on AEW are on a whole other level. They only get overlooked coz ppl wanna give the upstart a pass. There's the odd mistake, and then there's the Dark Order throwing punches half a head north of their target in plain view of the cameras.
@@Kabra2012 It's not giving them the pass. It's AEW fans giving AEW the benefit of the doubt that AEW has earned with the goodwill that they made with their fans to make up for their mistakes to the fans and to always try and put effort to give the fans what they want. AEW fans want a company to TRY AND PUT EFFORT in their product no matter what. That's what people fail to understand.
@@christophermarriott1681 Earned? That goodwill you speak of is nothing more than an attempt by fans to create a new outlet for their WWE frustrations. The same fans will run WWE film under a microscope to find things to criticize - AEW stabs you in the eye sockets with their screw-ups, but it seems the fanboys were blind before then anyway. I'm willing to forgive the issues to see the promotion mature and grow, but I can't overlook how stupid AEW diehards look right now.
I think Tony definitely gets the appreciation but he does have to be careful with what he says on social media cause if he does it to often fans will turn
@@Jacobthewrestlingfan There's some truth to the bot thing, as anything online that is popular will motivate negative individuals to bot farm criticism for shits and giggles. He did sound dumb putting this out there before getting the final report, and downplaying the fanatics copying and pasting comments by hand to show their loyalty to a company that probably dislikes that section of their fanbase as much as it dislikes purist AEW fans.
@@Jacobthewrestlingfan you do understand that someone doing a genuine study on something that is pretty common on social media isn't that childish when companies quite literally exist for this exact reason right, because stats matter and following them matters to a company, public opinion matters to a company, meanwhile here you are... well acting like an idiot about it while calling someone childish? the irony meter can only go so high bud
Vince got the idea from Jericho to start a rival company. Jericho goes out into the world to plant seeds. Vince contacts Shahid. The rest is history. AEW is a work.
I love how batshit crazy the wrestling fandom goes when something as simple as a new company pops up haha, WWE were putting all their money into NXT, not funding a new outside company xD
Pointless storylines. Carnival acts for matches. Pointless booking to compliment the pointless storylines. It's too bad JR, Cody, Moxley and Sting have slipped this far. There is so much opportunity here and these writers couldn't book a decent angle if their life depended on it. People are marking out for this product for two reasons; one, they hate wwe and want something different. Or, two, they genuinely haven't the slightest clue about wrestling, storylines, or plotting a decent angle. They're Cirque de Soleil ticket buyers. They shaved a poor girl's head for angle and we haven't ever seen her again. That's how disorganized this show is. There's no babyfaces versus heels because we don't have a clue who is a good guy or a bad guy from week to week! If you hate wwe, just hate wwe. They haven't been good in years, but don't tell fellow wrestling fans this is a good show and insult those of us that just want a coherent plot driven show with meaningful progress week to week. It's not a lot to ask. *NOT* being wwe doesn't make this show good. If the bar is that low, perhaps you need to just give up on pro wrestling as a fan.
"Whether you love them or hate them...' wtf, That's the first line of the video?? While technically true, some people hate AEW, that's something you say in the beginning of a Trump or Logan Paul retrospective. Geez😅
Chris Jericho back at it again. Like wtf goes to watch Chris Jericho? That guys been irrelevant for 20 plus years. Wrestling sucks that much that you need a midcarder like Chris Jericho to push a promotion? What is it with Jericho anyways? Hes midcard talent at best and he was once the undisputed unified champion at one point. This business of wrestlers staying around gor 30 years needs to stop. There should be a shelf life for this shit.
VERY VERY poor production. Maybe it's just camera work, but they just look bad, really bad. Nobody ever hits a spot unless it's a botched bad hit. Everything else is 6" away from contact. I've sampled the product and found it a poor copy of other options. Just Sayin😂
I'm sorry, but this is an "all fart no shit" video and doesnt give any true insight or say anything new. It also underplays the importance of Tony Khan and the NJPW match between Jericho and Omega. If someone had a watched a few more interviews with Matt Jackson and Tony Khan, you would have a much more interesting video. e.g. the story around the negotiation period - as in how close the Elite were to joining WWE. Tony Khan speaking to the head of TNT/TBS in April 2018 about the idea of starting a new wrestling company. They are key milestones and they're barely mentioned or not at all. D+ video and thats for the decent editing.
Why would it need to say anything new? its just covering the facts, welcome to 99.9% of youtube videos bud haha, plus they where never that close to signing them, throwing money at them and it not happening kinda says the exact opposite, as for the bucks... they tagged along mostly
Accurate, i definitely currently prefer the AEW product, especially after the past few wrestlemanias just left me kind of lukewarm at best, haven't been hyped to watch one since the outdoor mania in like 2018 i think? the one were seamus beat bryan in like 2 seconds? haha disppointing BUT it got a reaction out of me, i was so into it, but the booking just seems so blah these days, AEW though just as much makes me cringe with some of them, like I just cannot get into adam cole, i have no idea how he got over in NXT
that isn't what tony said but go off bud, you do you haha, companies doing twitter analysis isn't rare, and twitter is awash with bots that often are targetted towards a brand or a company or a product, just because someone that did the study bothered to tell you the resulsts doesn't change that its a fact
@@mkits7350 Did you miss the winking emoji, or do you not know what it means? It should be clear that I'm being facetious...but OK, go off bud 😂. Don't work yourself into a shoot, brother
As long as you don't respond to tweets of someone like me when they tweet about AEW just because you don't like AEW than all the power to you. There are enough wrestling promotions out there to get your wrestling fix besides AEW and WWE. So in the words of Brian Zane of Wrestling with Wregret "enjoy your wrestling, just don't be a dick"
There was another factor - Jericho vs Omega in New Japan was apparently one of the things that convinced Tony that the time was right for a new promotion.
Honestly i'd dropped off of NJPW for a little while but that was what truly got me back into wrestling, the era of jericho going back to japan
I think you mean 'Don Callis' convinced Tony that the time was right for a new promotion.
;)
,*ALPHA vs OMEGA*
AEW's rise while surviving a pandemic in the early stages of the company has been remarkable. No other company has done it this fast.
The "pandemic" was/is flimflam.
It's stupid. Cody Rhodes responsible for the creation on AEW? That's Kayfabe at it's best. This is bigger than some stupid wrestler trying to prove he can promote an event on social media lol. This is illuminati bullshit. Maybe Vince McMahon pissed off his puppet masters and they decided to give him another "major" promotion. Or they want to wake up WWE via competition. The world is a work.
WWE really did that whole mess with Rollins and The Fiend in the Hell in A Cell right when Dynamite was going to debut, that’s why I started watching AEW
I watched the first episode of "Dynamite." That Friday was the first Fox "Smackdown." It featured an 8 second squash of Kofi Kingston by Brock Lesnar for The WWE Championship. I was angered because Kofimania had been so good and Kofi just gets buried. At this moment, the fact that Kofi was champ is not mentioned ever.
That squash of Kofi killed my need to watch WWE. AEW became my go to wrestling spot.
Yeah I mean WWE haven't been doing themselves any favours for a long time, their booking was repetative and honestly bottom of the barrell at times, no effort needed as its all many felt they had without going out their way to find an alternative, jericho and omega had me interested, that whole AEW announcement outdoors was what made me go "oh, this is actually happening, cool, competition"
@@edalder2000 That squash killed Kofi WWE career.
@@edalder2000 Couldnt they at least have a good match? I mean we all knew kofi would obviously lose but everyone was expecting a competitive match.And the fact that after the loss kofi acted like none of it happened...WWE manages to piss me off a lot man lol
@@fratgurkok3987 Everyone forgets who WWE caters for...just for one individual
Vincent Kennedy McMahon.
The piece that's missing and it's a big piece is Don Callis. If didn't start a podcast at the behest of Jericho he would have never sat with Kenny and Jericho in Winnipeg realizing that he and Kenny had a relationship. This led Kenny to getting Callis a job in NJPW. Callis pitched Alpha vs Omega which is what led to TK deciding that wrestling's international appeal was viable to products other than WWE.
I never knew this, gona have to look into it thanks for sharing dude!
Fact channel what
It would be nice for Cultaholic to do a True Story or a video on Don Callis's career. He's come a very long way since he was The Jackyl.
I realized a year or so ago that Don Callis was a driving force behind me getting into new japan wrestling. his announcing sold me on it, kenny omega and getting out of my wwe box
Don Callis is a legend
This is one reason why AEW's purchase of ROH is so important. ROH had the footage for All In 2018. It is the essential part of AEW's origin story.
I think he overpaid for a dead promotion
@@prj7894 more than overpaid. It should never cost more than 10 million. Even that's too much.
@@prj7894 wrong. the back catalog is more than worth it
@@prj7894 he did over pay but I think its worth it considering wwe tried to get it and the footage would never seen the light of day if they got it.
@@prj7894 overpaid? so how much do you think it's worth exactly? considering both WWE and AEW where in bidding for it knowing that the whole point of buying it was to then use it to help build their younger stars and with it build the worth of the library, and that the amount it sold for is pretty much pennies to both of them, even more so for khan
Jack smashing it with these retrospectives! More!
Just one note: All In was already in the planning phases when Meltzer responded to that tweet. They used that tweet as part of the promotion for the event and it definitely helped to elevate it but the actual event was not a direct response to that tweet.
Kenny is the man!
Hey Doc, just a fan cruising through, great work that you do on AEW and WWE wrestlers, as well as anyone else in need of chiropractic work, keep up the great content
AHHH I am so not shocked to see you here 🤣🔥💚🔥
It's glad to see that there is an wrestling company which is truly high profile alternative to WWE.
Way to word for word repeat what he said in the video 😂
you just quoted the video...
@@shanekennedy7304 right?? xD i was like wtf, see bots DO exist on the internet lol
So cool to be very much aware of this before, during and after it happened.
I remember eagerly following BTE leading up to the announcement.
Even though the it was heavily rumored the All In crew was going to announce a new wrestling company, New Years Day when that first ever AEW logo was on Hanger's phone... man.
*so* cool.
Still gives me chills!
Proud to be a fan!
WWE killed my interest in wrestling many years ago and AEW brought my interest back to heights I haven’t enjoyed since the Monday Night Wars.
While I think this is well done, I don't think you can talk about the creation of AEW without going a little bit more into the dissatisfaction that many of its stars have had with WWE. From Punk originally leaving and likely never returning to Cody to Jericho to Moxley. The entire Elite resisted the overtures from WWE because they knew their worth and knew they'd be misused.
And it seemed like a bunch if talent was ready for a change cuz the storyline and talent being misused at that time was DISGUSTING. Ambrose and Finn and Dolph were peaking and all Vince wanted to push was Bobby Lashley, Corbin and Elias playing guitar every effin week.
Andddd now cody & punk are alll back in the wwe 😂😂😂 you really thought they felt misused. These dudes went back as soon as the money came. They dont care where they go. They just need a bag bro. AEW OR WWE it didnt matter.
@@DavidYangMusic what, they went back because they were finally respected
Jon Moxley is the most important signing in AEW history
he was the reason why people turned into AEW in the first place including me
and the guy became the ace of the company
Im happy that the hardy boys are back together
AEW consistently puts out banger wrestling matches and killer promos. Whats not to love?
AEW IS THE BEST
AEW is the best product of wrestling today, diverse wrestling styles, hot crowds, great pay per views, very good roster.
Fair play to Jack for not mentioning that he was at the Double or Nothing show when Mox came out
AEW is the reason I watch pro wrestling again and I love it but they need more segment for women division. I mean really velvet won again willow, velvet will never get over her ring work is improved but not significant
Raka Maulana 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love these videos ...you should do a history of the foren object.... growing up I was a big fan of "El Perro Aguayo" one of his gimmick was a fork but I was more show then a weapon he'll show to the audience an taunt them while the ref back was turn...this got the crow really going....and that's just one of the way other wrestler use the weapon like a weapon and you knew (when the sledge hammer)came out it mean business....I could think of a million
This is awesome work Jack! Thanks for the very informative and entertaining video!
Meltzer gave this video 9 stars! 😂
One of the Bucks will start doing a Shooting Meltzer 9 Star Press.
@@michaelhulett8367 even though i like AEW i fucking hating the bucks xD i still dont get why anyone treats meltzer or cornette with anything less than contempt at this point in the wrestling business they are both so fucking out of touch
@@michaelhulett8367 the bucks could piss in the middle of the ring and Meltzer would give it 9 stars
@@Dopesickgypsy Don't give them any ideas.
I totally forgot about Whitehall. 😄
Thanks for the great summary of events!
I didn't. He's great mates with Tony Khan. Probably went to boarding school with him or something
It's great they we can enjoy both promotions! I hate the "us vs them" attitude towards the two companies. They scratch different itches and are both great in their own ways. Sure, WWE has huge issues imo, but when they're good, they're great! Stone cold at WM was simply fantastic.
In the reality was the WWE_Guy question that sparked all of this, so thanks dude. 🎉😉🥳
I'd love someone to do a video comparing AEW's goals to if it achieved them or how close they are to achieving them. Cody made a lot of boisterous promises and as much as i love aew, a lot of them didn't see mto come true. Still no wrestling unions and the analytics is'nt as up front as was initially stated.
AEW Is My Favorite and To Think I Gave up Wrestling for MMA namely UFC and Bellator MMA until AEW popped up and changed my life forever
Same broski
Petr Yan was robbed.
The fact that Dave Meltzer thought that no one else could sell out 10000 seat arena kinda shows how out of the loop he really is.
I think aew should have been delayed a little bit more longer than this until 2021 because I still wanted Cody, young bucks, page, Kenny and Marty to keep winning New Japan and Ring of Honor gold. I wanted to see Cody win roh belt again, and Marty also win it, Cody at least winning the IWGP ic championship, backs win the IWGP heavyweight tag team Championships along with the roh tag team Championships, hangman page winning roh TV championship and then the IWGP us title and Kenny Omega keeping the IWGP championship until Russell Kingdom 14 becoming a part of the dash for gold. Granted that would have meant that aw would have been delayed because of the pandemic but we still would have got everything we wanted.
Good ol' All Friends Wrestling
Jack is just so good at his craft🥲
We need a "The True Story of the BULLET CLUB"
NJPW actually has a pretty interesting series about this on their channel
I honestly think the absoulte seed for the creation of AEW is when Sheamus kicked Bryan in the face.
Good stuff as always
Beautiful! Thank you!
A November episode of WWE Raw( AKA the worst episode of Monday night Raw ever): the real catalyst that inspired the formation of AEW. ( IMPO)
which episode?
@@JaxDagger it was in mid November. I believe it was the 18th. ( I believe JDfromNY did an episode of Off The Script on it. )
I cannot wait to go see double or nothing this year
Me too.
AEW was my alternative to WWE after Lucha Underground folded. Right now is a good time to be a Wrestling fan.
So you watch both?
@@yourlifeline8057 Yes.
Cody: Don't ever you disrespect Q T he's my best friend 🤣
Wrestling World love AEW
Tony khan, talent and all the drama with AEW made Wrestling fun again
Real competition for wwe which is actually better than wwe
Feel like anyone who hates AEW hates wrestling
Even though AEW have flaws they made wrestling better for fans and the wrestlers themselves
Only thing that suffered from AEW's existence was NXT
Snarky gatekeeping comments like this are one of the reasons lots of people hate AEW
U KIDING RIGHT NXT NO ONE Cares
THE BUCKS haven't wrestled in the whole year of 2023. I don't think they have the same passion as Cody Rhodes. And I think there's something to their trying to push out CM Punk now than him being the insane person he's made out to be.
In your opening clip why the use of a vcr lol I honestly believe most people who watch this have never even seen one
After the Wrestlemania poopywood, the nameless pervy one returning and Jay White being in AEW, simply, AEW became into a more a viable option, comparing with WWE Titanic, Vince's Iceberg and Cody Dicaprio 🥶.
All Elite Wrestling was born in 2019 and I haven't looked back to even attempt watching WWE since. Before that Wrestling companies such as ROH, NJPW, NOAH, Stardom etc occupied my wrestling needs.
Oh I give WWE a chance, the PPVs more so, i find myself watching on 2x speed though often and when people say "MY GOD THAT MATCH WAS A FUCKING 10 STAR" and im left going "it was about 20 botches and the same 5 moves we see every week on a TV show" i'm left wondering what the fuck the wrestling space has turned into xD i was happy when the fucking hulk hogan 5 move match was abandoned, but then it came back with cena with a vengance
Kona Jyun and you think they’re worried about loosing you 😂😂😂😂😂
Jon moxley and Jericho made aew what it is today.
kinda, I haven't been too impressed with jericho at all but he did get me to stop and have a look at the AEW announcement at the very start, he got himself back in shape now though so hopefully he finds a good gimmick or story to go with it because this "we are sports entertainers" jericho appreciation society thing is going to tire fast
moxley though 100% got me to watch
AEW RULES MADE ME WATCH WRESTLING AGAIN
Thought that was three stooges moe in the thumbnail at first glance
Just remember, if you criticize AEW you are most likely a bot 🤣
Or a WWE bootlicker who genuinely resents wrestling fans and wrestlers getting out from under Vince's thumb...
You will see now that Tony has brought the bot thing up, which everyone knows about anyways that wrestling fans will call anyone a bot if they have cristism at all on any wrestling promotion.
@@flyinghighagain80 Oh look a TK cultist has dropped to do his master's bidding lol. Seriously, grow up and realize AEW is not perfect and there's stuff to critique about it. Stop licking Tony's boots 👢.
If you're on twitter sure, it's a fucking rampant with them and they often refuse to reply to comments, everyone knows a REAL troll will reply happily with more shit to talk xD
@@pooldead7712 you right though, as much as twitter IS a fucking wash of bots the majority of the time, there are plenty of fans on both sides we may aswell throw into that pile too lol like ive fucking hated WWE booking for years now, doesn't mean im mark for AEW just because i prefer their booking, it means im waiting for WWE to get their shit together and stop forcing the same repetative shit down my throat, then i'll fucking watch with joy again rather than a slight groan xD which fuck i manage with AEW at times too
TNT was only expecting 500k viewers on a regular basis out of dynamite so regardless of what WWE diehards try to tell you they’re exceeding expectations
it will always be a pissing contest with the worst of the "sports" fans who take their over the top idiocy from real sports into pro wrestling
😂😂😂😂😂
The bot jokes show that if anything, wrestling fans are less creative than the products they watch. Way less
*WWE fans.
@@danieljames4050 wwe fans are actually way more mature than aew, by heaps
Need the Wednesday night Wars story asap
I think they've already covered this
What do you mean “keep Kayfabe alive….”???? Ted Debiase is a Trillionaire
Tony stop worrying about bots and trolls and focus on your own product, stop talking abt WWE, please don't waste our hopes Please
Jack Whithall was there to promote it on ITV because WWE fucked them over because of World of Sport.
AEW AEW AEW AEW AEW!!!
thanks!
Beep Bop ...Tony fears Bots
AEW is a blessing for wrestling that got screwed over by the WWE
Screwed over? 😂🤣 WWE has no answer to AEW.
@@christophermarriott1681 or rather doesn't care much to participate in another war.
I wonder what Vincent McMahon sell the WCW name?…
7:46 lololol
TNA came pretty close and failed. Lets see how far AEW can go. *I am a bot
I wouldn't say TNA ever came close, they never got out of that shitty tiny studio set arena, the crowds where as big as my thumb, had some great talent then watered it down by hiring EVERY SINGLE WCW/WWE wrestlers they could, fucking kevin nash in the lightweight division.... billy gunn and road dogg constantly calling out triple H and shawn micheals was desperate as fuck, im just glad AJ and samoa joe and jay leathal got their shots, it was fun but never anywhere close to touching the bigger companies that have existed
Had it not been for dixie carters and hulk hogans bullshit.TNA would have more than likely been way more than what it is now.Honestly it would've been interesting and the impact vs AEW shit would have been way more important
If it wasn’t for Cody there wouldn’t be AEW period.
Even if its less popular than Wwe.I'd pick Aew Anyday
Triple H Didn't Sign Daniel Bryan And Cm Punk To Wwe Vince Did. 👎
Hi jack
Can't believe Tony figured out about my army of bots.
Now if only he could figure out how to run the 10 billion dollars in sports franchises he ruined.
I'd love a follow up entitled "what went wrong with AEW?"
It's worth 2billion dollars brother. Nothing went wrong
Seemed like a dig at cody cause honestly most ppl that weren't hardcore knew cody and didn't know Kenny. Honestly he was the only reason my friends and I knew about bullet club
No remotely true at all, sure if you don't watch anything outside of WWE you would go "cody because i know him" but in reality it just wasn't the case and why would they need to take a shot at cody? they mostly cover WWE stuff and cover it positively, I noticed it because of jericho and i had seen jericho and omega, so i gave it a shot, cody though i knew more as "the dude that reinvented himself through WCPW and ROH" he was doing good, but he wasn't on the level of jericho and omega at that point at all, certainly far bigger after the past 3 years and after taking all he learned from those other companies during his tenure at AEW, people just take this "pillars of AEW" thing too seriously, because even sami was considered a "pillar" but he had nothing to do with its startup
@@JaxDagger Cody was on wwe when it was 4 million views a week also omegas popularity is in Japan and hardcore fans in America but no he isn’t Bigger than Cody , Cody had a more famous name than omega ppl in the business know his name but no example cody has a million followers on twitter omega has half of that Cody has almost 900 k followers on ig also a great example of the differences Cody drew money in TNA and ROH he was the top guy the champion during their highest run say what you will omega may have been the Indy darling but Cody’s more famous world wide now Jericho yeah Jericho is more famous than both cause Jericho was famous when wrestling was the coolest thing on tv but no it’s Jericho Cody kenny
@@drehgonden1103 it wasn't Cody who draw 4 million viewers it was Cena Orton HBK Triple H Batista oh and Jericho.
@@tareklegrand7747 did I say he did? No I didn’t what I’m saying is more ppl have seen him than have seen or know Kenny
@@drehgonden1103 which is ironic cause Cody joined the Bullet Club because it was the hottest thing outside WWE. sorry but for most people Bullet Club isn't known because of Cody.
When is punk gonna wrestle kenta
ahem...... STORYTIME!!!!!!!
QT Marshall over Kenny Omega lol 😂
Pretty sure CM Punk wasn't signed by HHH.
Right, im pretty sure Paul Heyman convinced Vince to sign punk
Nice
QT > Omega
ABY FREEKIN DAY!!!!
What got me excited for AEW was the presentation as promotion by wrestlers for wrestlers. The Bucks, Cody and Omega were front and center, and that gave me confidence that something amazing was coming.
Now it seems like it's falling into WCW tropes. The roster is getting more bloated, the angles are getting more hokey, and the resident billionaire coming gradually off the rails. That's without mentioning the production gaffes and botches - forgivable for an upstart alternative, not so much for something presenting itself as a direct competitor.
@@VelvetMetrolink everything I said and the mention of production gaffes is the only thing you could go for?
I'll bite tho, the production gaffes on AEW are on a whole other level. They only get overlooked coz ppl wanna give the upstart a pass. There's the odd mistake, and then there's the Dark Order throwing punches half a head north of their target in plain view of the cameras.
@@Kabra2012 It's not giving them the pass. It's AEW fans giving AEW the benefit of the doubt that AEW has earned with the goodwill that they made with their fans to make up for their mistakes to the fans and to always try and put effort to give the fans what they want. AEW fans want a company to TRY AND PUT EFFORT in their product no matter what. That's what people fail to understand.
@@christophermarriott1681 Earned? That goodwill you speak of is nothing more than an attempt by fans to create a new outlet for their WWE frustrations. The same fans will run WWE film under a microscope to find things to criticize - AEW stabs you in the eye sockets with their screw-ups, but it seems the fanboys were blind before then anyway.
I'm willing to forgive the issues to see the promotion mature and grow, but I can't overlook how stupid AEW diehards look right now.
Severe mismanagement and questionable booking (cornette) lolol
I could be wrong here but this is pretty much a middle finger at WWE caring more about money then wrestlers right?
keep bischoff and russo out and aew lives forever ..
Like how he didn’t say anything about Tna? Tf
You talk way too fast
Can we take a moment to really appreciate Tony Khan?
Can we take a moment to really appreciate Tony Khan acting like a child taking AEW Criticism and saying bots say that LMAO!
I think Tony definitely gets the appreciation but he does have to be careful with what he says on social media cause if he does it to often fans will turn
@@Jacobthewrestlingfan There's some truth to the bot thing, as anything online that is popular will motivate negative individuals to bot farm criticism for shits and giggles. He did sound dumb putting this out there before getting the final report, and downplaying the fanatics copying and pasting comments by hand to show their loyalty to a company that probably dislikes that section of their fanbase as much as it dislikes purist AEW fans.
@@Jacobthewrestlingfan you do understand that someone doing a genuine study on something that is pretty common on social media isn't that childish when companies quite literally exist for this exact reason right, because stats matter and following them matters to a company, public opinion matters to a company, meanwhile here you are... well acting like an idiot about it while calling someone childish? the irony meter can only go so high bud
He'd be better off being purely a money guy who stays well away from the Mic or the camera
Vince got the idea from Jericho to start a rival company. Jericho goes out into the world to plant seeds. Vince contacts Shahid. The rest is history. AEW is a work.
Please don’t procreate. Don’t need any more idiots to dilute the gene pool
Sauce?
I love how batshit crazy the wrestling fandom goes when something as simple as a new company pops up haha, WWE were putting all their money into NXT, not funding a new outside company xD
And then Cody went back to wwe 😂😂😂
And didn't affect AEW one bit
Pointless storylines. Carnival acts for matches. Pointless booking to compliment the pointless storylines. It's too bad JR, Cody, Moxley and Sting have slipped this far. There is so much opportunity here and these writers couldn't book a decent angle if their life depended on it. People are marking out for this product for two reasons; one, they hate wwe and want something different. Or, two, they genuinely haven't the slightest clue about wrestling, storylines, or plotting a decent angle. They're Cirque de Soleil ticket buyers. They shaved a poor girl's head for angle and we haven't ever seen her again. That's how disorganized this show is. There's no babyfaces versus heels because we don't have a clue who is a good guy or a bad guy from week to week! If you hate wwe, just hate wwe. They haven't been good in years, but don't tell fellow wrestling fans this is a good show and insult those of us that just want a coherent plot driven show with meaningful progress week to week. It's not a lot to ask. *NOT* being wwe doesn't make this show good. If the bar is that low, perhaps you need to just give up on pro wrestling as a fan.
It all started with Cody's list
not really
"Whether you love them or hate them...' wtf, That's the first line of the video?? While technically true, some people hate AEW, that's something you say in the beginning of a Trump or Logan Paul retrospective. Geez😅
Chris Jericho back at it again. Like wtf goes to watch Chris Jericho? That guys been irrelevant for 20 plus years. Wrestling sucks that much that you need a midcarder like Chris Jericho to push a promotion? What is it with Jericho anyways? Hes midcard talent at best and he was once the undisputed unified champion at one point. This business of wrestlers staying around gor 30 years needs to stop. There should be a shelf life for this shit.
Big time Becks totally destroyed the nerd on Twitter!
Who? and destryoed who? sorry but i genuinely have no fucking clue what you are referencing xD
@@JaxDagger Keep up son! 😂
I'm glad AEW is the best company out there as it's proven that any critical voice is a bot
noone said any critical voice is a bot, you are just incapable of seeing without your rose tinted glasses haha
VERY VERY poor production. Maybe it's just camera work, but they just look bad, really bad. Nobody ever hits a spot unless it's a botched bad hit. Everything else is 6" away from contact. I've sampled the product and found it a poor copy of other options. Just Sayin😂
I'm sorry, but this is an "all fart no shit" video and doesnt give any true insight or say anything new. It also underplays the importance of Tony Khan and the NJPW match between Jericho and Omega.
If someone had a watched a few more interviews with Matt Jackson and Tony Khan, you would have a much more interesting video. e.g. the story around the negotiation period - as in how close the Elite were to joining WWE. Tony Khan speaking to the head of TNT/TBS in April 2018 about the idea of starting a new wrestling company. They are key milestones and they're barely mentioned or not at all.
D+ video and thats for the decent editing.
Why would it need to say anything new? its just covering the facts, welcome to 99.9% of youtube videos bud haha, plus they where never that close to signing them, throwing money at them and it not happening kinda says the exact opposite, as for the bucks... they tagged along mostly
''all fart no shit'' been laughing for 2 minutes straight.I hope you have the best of days sir
First.
Aew sucks
Wwe is garbage, but aew has become so cringe and gimmicky.
Accurate, i definitely currently prefer the AEW product, especially after the past few wrestlemanias just left me kind of lukewarm at best, haven't been hyped to watch one since the outdoor mania in like 2018 i think? the one were seamus beat bryan in like 2 seconds? haha disppointing BUT it got a reaction out of me, i was so into it, but the booking just seems so blah these days, AEW though just as much makes me cringe with some of them, like I just cannot get into adam cole, i have no idea how he got over in NXT
All Elite Wrestling is 4th biggest promotion in the world get it right NJPW and AAA and WWE is bigger Do some fact checking.
But what can I do I hate aew and tony
If you hate AEW you're a bot (iykyk) 😉
that isn't what tony said but go off bud, you do you haha, companies doing twitter analysis isn't rare, and twitter is awash with bots that often are targetted towards a brand or a company or a product, just because someone that did the study bothered to tell you the resulsts doesn't change that its a fact
@@mkits7350 Did you miss the winking emoji, or do you not know what it means? It should be clear that I'm being facetious...but OK, go off bud 😂. Don't work yourself into a shoot, brother
I don't like aew👎👎👎
As long as you don't respond to tweets of someone like me when they tweet about AEW just because you don't like AEW than all the power to you. There are enough wrestling promotions out there to get your wrestling fix besides AEW and WWE. So in the words of Brian Zane of Wrestling with Wregret "enjoy your wrestling, just don't be a dick"
And still to this day the worst promotion ever.
Hi jack