Well CM Punk did not even need to wrestle in WWE to have one of the best feud in years, he did not even need to be on a title match to do that. So yah it is AEW mishandling him.
AEW fell off for me when they fired CM Punk as I was on my way to the show. Then Tony Khan told the city of CHICAGO “I FEARED FOR MY LIFE” when he was never in any actual danger.
Meanwhile the Bucks did a victory lap around the ring of a 1/4 full United Center. Time will not look back on either side kindly, but Punk definitely came out of it all looking better
To me AEW began to fall off at almost the exact same time Cody returned at Wrestlemania 38. Punk’s firing was the nail in the coffin. Been cold ever since and I don’t see them ever reaching their heights again.
AEW Honeymoon period is over (2019 - 2022) were the best years in the company’s history so far. I still love AEW because it gave fans that didn’t like the WWE product in the latter years of Vince McMahon that passion back. But it definitely has been lacking and hopefully will restore the feeling that it once all those years ago
I stopped watching AEW last year. Too many egos running amped, Jericho being pushes like PG Era Cena, talent being showcased for like a month than dropped, and the same plotting matches with unnecessary flips.
And this is not real, you need to consider the fact that a lot of talent injured themself during heavy storyline like Cole in the MJF feud but right now there are talent who stay a left for sometime when they take heavy lose like Ospreay Who came back 1 month after the attack of Fletcher
Yeah, stay off the fentanyl sir. This clown said better than WWE lol. Better at making wrestling fans look cringe maybe. That company has always been trash.
The presentation of Dynamite lately really shows that they're not filling the whole arena over the past few weeks. With the stage being a lot closer to the ring, no more far ramp and awful middle front camera angle. It is really telling.
I feel like a wrestling based federation is destined to lose spectators because when you try to make tons of 5 stars matches, you reach the point in which nothing is special anymore. You need storylines to keep doing good on the long term.
If you build a story and feud right, they usually have a couple matches that continue the build to what should be a five star blowoff. But a lot of time in AEW they have the blowoff level match to kick off the feud, so it doesn't have a satisfying conclusion to get to. The only time I can think of a feud culminating properly was Punk vs MJF in n a Dog Collar match after a standard singles the month prior
Yea after a point of time with tons of talent. It just felt like a platform for dream matches but without storylines. It just became like a Battle Royal.
Theyre not even 5 star matches its a bunch of no selling and kickouts! When yall going to realize this is repetitive and nothing matters which means aew doesnt matter.
5 stars according to a 65 year old gremlin from California who has never worked a single day in a wrestling ring and only has any relevance because he's written about it since the early 80s. Ironically enough the failure of this company has pretty much destroyed said man's credibility among his fanbase.
The issue is. Aew when it started was at a time when wwe was cold. Storylines that went on for long times that went no where. Now with wwe being hot. AEW does t know what to do. They want to be an alternative of wwe. But they have shown sometimes sticking with what u were known for is a good thing not whatever they are now
AEW is like early 90s WCW. Lots of talent that can put on BANGERS but lack in creative and don't have a real buzz. Can they get it back? Tough to say, it's possible we have already seen the peak and best days of AEW. Hoping that isn't the case and they can get re-energized.
Thing is, at least people wanted to watch Hogan getting his comeuppance (until they screwed that big time) while people don't want to see Jericho at all@@ultraexcalibur1728
I mean they do put on consistently good TV matches. But who cares if they are good if there's very little done with the buildup and story. Also they put on extremely brutal matches that are just un needed. I don't watch wrestling week on week, but I like to try to keep up with it. I don't care to see my favorite wrestlers get absolutely fucking smashed in the head or go through barbed wire and get injured. I'd much rather see good, consistent, week on week matches. Something else that I will say, and this might just be me, I often see AEW matches that are basically no-sell fests. They act like cruiserweights at the beginning of matches where it's constant action and everyone is constantly doing a move. I like slower style of wrestling, so that very much just be me.
Aew existed just as a counter to vince mcmahons wwe. Not even as their own thing, just as a "we're going to do the opposite of you" thing, they would dispute that fact but it's very much true, at least to a certain point. Now there is no Vince-led wwe, and they don't know how to create programming except for something to be the opposite of what Vince would produce. It's bizarre.
@ first off let’s take it back to all out, CM Punk is ranting about Colt Cabana, Hangman and The Young Bucks, Tony should’ve interjected to stop Punk from continuing to talk instead of just sitting there. Then there’s brawl out, The Young Bucks were acting on their ego instead of judging the situation. I fully believe that they should’ve let Punk cool off and go home then called him in the morning for a meeting with Tony and others to professionally discuss what Punk had said. (Punk would’ve cooled down and been in the right state to talk. All Out wasn’t the right place as he was clearly tired and fed up and just went through a hardcore match where he bled a bunch and got hurt) Brawl Out happens then Punk and The Elite are suspended, Tony should’ve called for a meeting between the two sides to squash the beef and to agree to working together professionally. (This would’ve stopped AEW having a big split where Punk and The Elite are forced to be separated away from each other by being on other shows and schedules and would’ve stopped the locker room from having to choose sides between team Elite and team Punk) All In, prior to the event Tony Khan should’ve stepped in and told Jack Perry not to break a rental cars window with his spot. Or once Jack Perry stepped through the curtain after his match then Tony should’ve gone up to him and told him he’s being suspended. (Prior to the event, Punk asked Tony to handle the situation because Tony wouldn’t like how he’d handle it and that’s what he did. Tony didn’t handle it so Punk choked him out a bit) Do you see it now? How events could’ve been stopped just from going a different way and handling them different ways.
@@yan_djAEW definitely handled the incident correctly, but they were also exposed. In WWE, an incident like that would be long forgotten by all but hardcore fans and top 10 lists. In AEW, it’s still one of the main things people know about the promotion. And that’s because AEW demonstrated that a talent can run management over and still come out on top. Very bad internally.
@@TheMikey2207 "So Punk choked him out a bit" I love how you just gloss right over this like Punk has a pass for choking Tony, Punk leading an actual cult, he could kill someone and people would make excuses for him.
One important step they could do to try reviving the company is hire an actual booker, who knows how to build storylines and use talent for more than a month
@@RegularDude984did you choose to ignore the part where they said the booking was trash😂😂…. The matches were good but the booking of the matches was awful
It remains me of WWE in 2020 and 2021 . No one cared about watching it and the storyline’s were ending too fast. The only storyline that’s still going on from 2020 pandemic era is the Bloodline story
Is the roster really great if they aren't doing anything? Look at how they massacred Okada if you show someone who was a fan of his in NJPW and show him on aew I'd be a mind fuck.
The current weekly gaslighting session with the MJF and Adam Cole storyline is probably the most annoyed I've been with wrestling in a while lol their storyline in 2023 was legit probably my favourite storyline in modern wrestling
Love Adam Cole but his lack of health has really hindered his post WWE run. I get he'll never look super jacked but he's becoming really fragile. His ankle injury wasn't even from a standard bump and it sidelined him over a year
I don't know. I don't think 2019 WWE is worse than Heroes of Wrestling but I do think a decent Wrestling show would still be a lot better than 2019 WWE.
I also think my fandom for wrestling is also been fallen off, and it may be because off aew, cause since the company started in 2019 i have watched wrestling no stop, i think need a break, but it is hard to do because when i am not interested in the wwe, aew is doing good and vise versa. December used to perfect for a break but then AEW made the C2 and no way i stoping during that. Not a big problem, just sharing my experience. Nice video bro.
For me, Wrestling in 2024 has become a “niche” rather than trying to have broader mainstream appeal because there’s more focus solely on satisfying a hardcore fan. Everything is booked very safe.
Names every ex WWE star by their AEW name Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, The Bastard Pac, Mercedes Mone.......EDGE 💀 Love your work! Keep them coming! You are killing it! Banger after banger after banger 💥 🔥🔥🔥
@@PowerpuffBlito I hear so many people still call him Edge lol. I do agree with you though. Maybe WWE still sell Edge merch? I mean he's already in the HOF so what's left for him to do there? Legends contract down the line maybe?
Tony Khan books like a kid with ADHD. His stories start and stop but then die somehow, as if we forgot what happened 6 months ago. I have been with them from the start and I still watch WWE when I can fit it in. AEW needs a real creative team, with a real booker because the characters/athletes/performers are world class.
@ I think he has made his own stars. MJF, Darby Allin, Swerve Strickland (who I know was a wwe guy but he was barely an enhancement talent and now he is a star), Maria May, Will Ospreay has elevated to super star status since AEW. Point being there is a lot of great talent and stars but the start and stop booking is killing there momentum. There is no pay offs for these stories. Great matches sure but there is no reasoning for many of these matches. Be different than WWE sure but make it at least make sense to have these matches.
I feel like this isn’t the downfall of AEW but rather just growing pains. Think of all the great companies that had *that* era WWE had the Attitude era TNA had that late 2000’s-early 2010’s run WCW was a juggernaut from 95’-97’ NXT had the black and gold era from 2015-2019 And the focus on the topic, AEW had that 2019-2022 run All these companies had that era, but they also had that *other* era WWE from 2016-2019 NXT 2.0 in its first few months WCW in 2000 AEW right now So many examples of these companies having good and bad eras. It happens to all companies! AEW will have a golden era again, it only needs time.
2016 was a great year for wwe 2017 to 2019 nobody counts the pandemic era and 95 to 96 were bad years to. Aew has fallen so deep their is no bouncing back from this
9:00 Uh, considering that Cole is now separated from Britt and is part easily one of the worst storylines with MJF and his on-and-off stable rn, yeah I think this is point is debatable.
Damn they were on average 900,000 to a mil every week just a few years back. Hope losing punk, having a horrible toxic fanbase that turns away new fans, and booking people for 2 weeks as a star and don't do anything with them for the rest of their contracts was worth it. Hope they get bought out by WWE
You keep naming these lame wrestlers that have exposed themselves as goofs like I should be impressed. They all need to go to wwe to even mean anything
The worst part is how Tony hasn’t acknowledged it or tried to get it back to its original popularity. AEW right now feels like TNA 2017. It exists but nobody cares
@ well based on his documentary in 2024, he talked about putting everything aside and handling the business side of it…he would’ve never came back if vinny mac was still in office
AEW is proof singing all these big names doesn't mean shit if your product is shit. WCW taught us this over 25 years ago. Tony Khan really needs stop catering to "sickos" and Sleepy Dave Meltzer in 2025 and restructure his creative process.
Vince getting the boot and HHH taking over was when AEW heard boss music, worse thing to happen to AEW and the best thing to happen to WWE in over a decade
I hope they’re finally starting to fix the problems they have. since all out was over not every episode has been perfect but there has been a lot of good stories going on and solid tv. no one beats them in terms of ppv quality they just need to figure out how to transition that to weekly tv
Bro i started to watch after years without watching and its so difficult to watch, i tried but its so boring, the matches, the wrestling, the storylines its everything boring, its not worse bc this is ROH place lol
I feel like they just need to figure out how to make storylines more meaningful. Similar to what they tried to do with MJF and Adam Cole rivalry (before Adam disappeared),and they need less titles. Having so many titles just makes a title defense or opportunity less important since there’s so many other titles to go after if someone loses a match for one. They shouldn’t be struggling this hard especially with such an amazing roster.
To me personally AEW was the alternative to WWE when it was bad, now with HHH at the helm along with punk coming back there's no reason for me to want to watch AEW anymore
And this is what people are missing. Only reason aew had a fan base was because the nerds were tired of cena and Vince. Now that they’re gonna and reigns being the man, aew is in serious trouble.
AEW will truly benefit from Tony Khan stepping back as the head booker and putting someone else in charge that genuinely knows the business. He should’ve stayed as just the billionaire investor.
AEW... IS WHERE... THE WRESTLE On a serious note though, if WWE transfer to netflix and are able to start to get a little more extreme and edgy, it could run AEW outta town. Purely cus I think that is what AWE have going for them, it's more mature, and they have the talent to do so. I still wish these companies would collab and we get the forbidden door dream matches so many of us want
They brought this upon themselves. They take down youtubers who talk about their shows like (thegreatone) so i cant stay updated on them or know if aew has something awesome to come back. And their copying tna in hiring too many wwe ex stars and relying on story lines created in wwe so their a wwe lite at this point
Surplus of talent they have that haven’t gotten a chance at the top, consistent push or a push when they deserved it yet Jon Moxley can have 1000 boring reigns whenever he wants. Tony Khan just isn’t that guy.
Dude, its easier to point out why AEW fell off than when, so many fumbled pushes, long storylines than go nowhere or have a very meh payoff, matches, that while good have 0 build to them, the many, many, many, many red hot starts that have cooled off immensely that they might as well be glaciers at this point....
I dont watch AEW really (i more just keep up with it via social media) but on the occation when i turn it on, it doesnt help the main event is usually multiple people ive never heard of.
I think AEW just has too much fat they need to trim. There's like 7 titles with "divisons" that have no value. A ranking system that could have worked if they gave more of a shit. Booking that's spaced across multiple shows rather than creating a brand split to divide up the roster properly and keep consistency. A LOT of dragging. (Chris Jericho being the prime example of a VERY stale character and storylines involving him are not really engaging) Not to mention rampage being an hour of nothing and Shockwave possibly being no better in the future.
I lost hope at AEW when they release the footage of the backstage brawl at all in And also AEW Fight Forever is just like the pro-wrestling version of GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition
They never needed Punk. They were doing just fine before him. They are now like WWE and the matches are boring and not very competitive or exciting, even guys who were legendary in the independent circuits or in Japan couldn't wrestle as good in AEW. Something's wrong there! While WWE is doing the smart thing and snatching up all the "new", fresh, exciting talents that not a lot of people has seen before, AEW is too busy hiring WWE's scrapyard wrestlers. Plus their arena is boring as hell; put some exciting lights on to pump people up. AEW= All Ex WWE Wrestlers. Lol. They have so many good wrestlers but don't know how to put them against each others to create amazing matches and story lines. It's just their favorites over and over and over again. Who the hell wants to see the same old thing over and over again. Take risk and try something new for once! And stop putting on 3 minute matches, put some effort into them!! I'm dying of boredom. Every time I tuned in, I see the same old shit again. I didn't want to tune in, but it's now a habit, damn! We need to talk about the women's division as well, it's going NO WHERE. It's dead and boring. WWE is hiring all the best female wrestlers while AEW doesn't give a damn. It's like AEW is stuck in this boring phase and no matter what they do, they cannot move forward.
@@mikemadsen7926 , exactly! That's what I've been saying too! They are some of the hottest names right now- I was shocked Tony didn't sign them when he had the chance. Signing them would had help AEW's women's division. I can think of soo many names in AEW that could be replaced, example: Rebel, Karen Jarret, (what do they really do other than show up?), and many names on the men's roster. And am I the only one who think Mone's hairs are hideous?
The places biggest weakness, even going back to hangman’s reign, they can tell a story, but they can’t follow up, it’s always their biggest weakness. Everything always falls off. Look at Mariah, look at the Tony/Bucks story, hot moments, now basically all cold
I just can't with Ospreay. The BRUV stuff, the whole i'm a gamer and so desperately want to be a video game character is cringe to me. He's just the British knockoff Kenny Omega
People being sick of WWE's terrible booking is the reason behind AEW's existence and them doing so well (rating wise) in the early 2020s. It make sense that AEW is struggling since WWE is doing so well both in terms of creative and business.
The company is 5 years old 😭 I think they'll be okay in the long run if they can adapt and find that one story that can hook the viewers back into the product. It's gonna take time, but I think they can do it.
AEW started off great. I havnt watched a full wrestling show since 2013 until AEW aired. I would watch there full shows. It’s sad how much it fell off.
AEW has not been the same since brawl out. They're still trying to recover and its getting to the point where developmental NXT is beating them on their own night at that. Tony needs to pull his head out of the sand and realize something needs to change. The matches and ppvs are still top notch but I feel no investment in the product or any of the characters because the booking hasn't supported what they're trying to sell. Why should I care about Moxley taking over the company? Why does he want to do it anyway? Whats the endgame with this? They already tried the takeover story with the Elite this year and it fizzled out so why am I to believe rhis wont too? Tony admitted he books week to week which is asinine he should have some kind of long term plan of who he's trying to push and where and how stories are gonna end. No AEW is not dying they literally just got a new deal from WBD its not going anywhere but your fans are caring less and less about it except for the diehard "sickos" who will watch and defend AEW no matter what but soon that's all you'll have left and perception is everything and right now AEW just seems like a company in limbo trying to recapture that lightning in a bottle they had. Hopefully they will before it's too late.
Not everyone's gimmick can be "I'm super tough and it takes literal bullets to keep me down for the 3" especially when you look like Jack Perry. Way too many of these aew wrestlers are solid performers but they're so damn full of themselves it's hilarious lol
When will tony understand that storylines and promos are the most part of wresling Punk and drew started fuedimg after the royal rumble and haven't faced each other till summerslam A fued for 8 months with no matches and it was awesome
I’m taking a break from AEW until the MAX deal. I love a lot of their wrestlers but I find who they chose to put over to be nonsensical sometimes. Still upset Swerve lost his momentum to lose to essentially a retirement match. He was a great champion and I love Bryan Danielson but he didn’t need that. I feel like AEW puts over legends that don’t need it and leaves fresher talent on the back burner.
AEW is in the same boat as TNA was a few years back. They need to rebuild the promotion from the ground up. Also hire some people who know how to book a show. Tony is like Dixie Carter. Yes, they loved wrestling, but booking it was not their bread and butter. I think if Tony gets some people to help him. AEW can be salvaged and succeed again. We all know Cody was the real mastermind behind AEW's success. When he left that was the start of the company's downfall.
Day one AEW fan that just stopped watching. I think it's crazy how some of the political stuff wrestlers have done gets overlooked. Like Hangman going into business for himself with Punk is crazy, but the whole story of Moxley (who was one of my favorites) refusing to lose to Punk because he wanted to get a win before putting him over is kind of insane. If that was any other wrestler people would be talking mad shit about it.
The show became unbearable watch without Punk in 2022.. Tried so hard to watch and support it but it was just a horrible watch.. And this paralleled with WWE getting so much better in 2022.
AEW is always been a mix bag. A lot of highs and a lot lows. The PPVs always delivered though. Like right now the Moxley Death Riders storyline started off strong but now idk how to feel. While the Hurt Syndicate stuff with Swerve has been gold.
Nah, Jack Perry is mid. And he should still get shit for costing AEW CM Punk.
oh shut up!!!!
@@JoeChillton You know it's true, sicko.
😂😂😂 hes speakin facts and everyone knows it. @@JoeChillton
Perry really is overrated so is Jon Moxley Orange Cassidy Darby Allin Hangman Adam page the bucks it’s a joke
Well CM Punk did not even need to wrestle in WWE to have one of the best feud in years, he did not even need to be on a title match to do that. So yah it is AEW mishandling him.
AEW fell off for me when they fired CM Punk as I was on my way to the show. Then Tony Khan told the city of CHICAGO “I FEARED FOR MY LIFE” when he was never in any actual danger.
He's never gonna live that down XD
Such good shit pal 😂😂😂
Meanwhile the Bucks did a victory lap around the ring of a 1/4 full United Center. Time will not look back on either side kindly, but Punk definitely came out of it all looking better
@@richborn6700 Hell no. Punk is ok. AEW are seen like... A**holes
To me AEW began to fall off at almost the exact same time Cody returned at Wrestlemania 38. Punk’s firing was the nail in the coffin. Been cold ever since and I don’t see them ever reaching their heights again.
AEW Honeymoon period is over (2019 - 2022) were the best years in the company’s history so far. I still love AEW because it gave fans that didn’t like the WWE product in the latter years of Vince McMahon that passion back. But it definitely has been lacking and hopefully will restore the feeling that it once all those years ago
Nope I disagree 2019 - 2021
Damn thats a tragically short honeymoon period…
Its also funny on how those were the years where Cody and Punk were still in the company....
@@ReactwithRespect-i5i 2022 before Brawl Out was great
They were supposed to “restore the feeling” this year. “2024 is the new 2021”
I stopped watching AEW last year. Too many egos running amped, Jericho being pushes like PG Era Cena, talent being showcased for like a month than dropped, and the same plotting matches with unnecessary flips.
And this is not real, you need to consider the fact that a lot of talent injured themself during heavy storyline like Cole in the MJF feud but right now there are talent who stay a left for sometime when they take heavy lose like Ospreay Who came back 1 month after the attack of Fletcher
@TheGreatAME Nowhere in my comment did I mention Cole & MJF. No matter if it's injuries or not. You RARELY see most of the talent that Khan hires
@@wijinsama make me an example that Is not Ricky or Miro
Kieth lee? @TheGreatAME
@@Highly3666 Keith Lee had double surgery and the start of 2024, so he is right now injured and he Is coming back we don't know when
its crazy how much aew fell off. it went from being better than wwe to being extremely irrelevant
It was never any good ...ppl just were to use to wwe being shit they would of took anything
@@Bls-of1ldnah they had some fire matches. Stories sucked though.
It was never better than WWE's developmental which was a 100 times better than the NXT that's beating them today
Yeah, stay off the fentanyl sir. This clown said better than WWE lol. Better at making wrestling fans look cringe maybe. That company has always been trash.
@@Bls-of1ld lies
The presentation of Dynamite lately really shows that they're not filling the whole arena over the past few weeks. With the stage being a lot closer to the ring, no more far ramp and awful middle front camera angle. It is really telling.
And they still refuse to work in smaller arenas that will benefit their presentation because of their hubris.
i used to at least hear hate for aew. now i forgot it existed
I feel like a wrestling based federation is destined to lose spectators because when you try to make tons of 5 stars matches, you reach the point in which nothing is special anymore. You need storylines to keep doing good on the long term.
If you build a story and feud right, they usually have a couple matches that continue the build to what should be a five star blowoff. But a lot of time in AEW they have the blowoff level match to kick off the feud, so it doesn't have a satisfying conclusion to get to. The only time I can think of a feud culminating properly was Punk vs MJF in n a Dog Collar match after a standard singles the month prior
Yea after a point of time with tons of talent. It just felt like a platform for dream matches but without storylines. It just became like a Battle Royal.
Theyre not even 5 star matches its a bunch of no selling and kickouts! When yall going to realize this is repetitive and nothing matters which means aew doesnt matter.
Yea… what?
5 stars according to a 65 year old gremlin from California who has never worked a single day in a wrestling ring and only has any relevance because he's written about it since the early 80s. Ironically enough the failure of this company has pretty much destroyed said man's credibility among his fanbase.
The issue is. Aew when it started was at a time when wwe was cold. Storylines that went on for long times that went no where. Now with wwe being hot. AEW does t know what to do. They want to be an alternative of wwe. But they have shown sometimes sticking with what u were known for is a good thing not whatever they are now
Bottom line is. WWE needs competition of some sort to get the best out of them. They've been doing some really hot works the last couple years.
Let's all say it went downhill when CM Punk left and Tony just kept hiring former WWE wrestlers and kept making fun of WWE.
And putting people from CMLL and other places. instead of the talent he already has.
AEW is like early 90s WCW. Lots of talent that can put on BANGERS but lack in creative and don't have a real buzz. Can they get it back? Tough to say, it's possible we have already seen the peak and best days of AEW. Hoping that isn't the case and they can get re-energized.
Also Chris Jericho is like WCW Hulk Hogan
Thing is, at least people wanted to watch Hogan getting his comeuppance (until they screwed that big time) while people don't want to see Jericho at all@@ultraexcalibur1728
I mean they do put on consistently good TV matches. But who cares if they are good if there's very little done with the buildup and story. Also they put on extremely brutal matches that are just un needed. I don't watch wrestling week on week, but I like to try to keep up with it. I don't care to see my favorite wrestlers get absolutely fucking smashed in the head or go through barbed wire and get injured. I'd much rather see good, consistent, week on week matches.
Something else that I will say, and this might just be me, I often see AEW matches that are basically no-sell fests. They act like cruiserweights at the beginning of matches where it's constant action and everyone is constantly doing a move. I like slower style of wrestling, so that very much just be me.
Aew existed just as a counter to vince mcmahons wwe. Not even as their own thing, just as a "we're going to do the opposite of you" thing, they would dispute that fact but it's very much true, at least to a certain point.
Now there is no Vince-led wwe, and they don't know how to create programming except for something to be the opposite of what Vince would produce. It's bizarre.
Il never understand why they did not push Wardlow and Leila Gray.
The way the top brass handled the CM Punk situation put a big bad taste in my mouth and I’ve not cared about the company since.
Correctly? I was a Punk in AEW fan too but they 100000000% handled it correctly and I don't miss him.
@ first off let’s take it back to all out, CM Punk is ranting about Colt Cabana, Hangman and The Young Bucks, Tony should’ve interjected to stop Punk from continuing to talk instead of just sitting there.
Then there’s brawl out, The Young Bucks were acting on their ego instead of judging the situation. I fully believe that they should’ve let Punk cool off and go home then called him in the morning for a meeting with Tony and others to professionally discuss what Punk had said. (Punk would’ve cooled down and been in the right state to talk. All Out wasn’t the right place as he was clearly tired and fed up and just went through a hardcore match where he bled a bunch and got hurt)
Brawl Out happens then Punk and The Elite are suspended, Tony should’ve called for a meeting between the two sides to squash the beef and to agree to working together professionally. (This would’ve stopped AEW having a big split where Punk and The Elite are forced to be separated away from each other by being on other shows and schedules and would’ve stopped the locker room from having to choose sides between team Elite and team Punk)
All In, prior to the event Tony Khan should’ve stepped in and told Jack Perry not to break a rental cars window with his spot. Or once Jack Perry stepped through the curtain after his match then Tony should’ve gone up to him and told him he’s being suspended. (Prior to the event, Punk asked Tony to handle the situation because Tony wouldn’t like how he’d handle it and that’s what he did. Tony didn’t handle it so Punk choked him out a bit)
Do you see it now? How events could’ve been stopped just from going a different way and handling them different ways.
Exactly. Hundreds of thousands of us left with CM Punk. They screwed up big time
@@yan_djAEW definitely handled the incident correctly, but they were also exposed. In WWE, an incident like that would be long forgotten by all but hardcore fans and top 10 lists. In AEW, it’s still one of the main things people know about the promotion. And that’s because AEW demonstrated that a talent can run management over and still come out on top. Very bad internally.
@@TheMikey2207 "So Punk choked him out a bit" I love how you just gloss right over this like Punk has a pass for choking Tony, Punk leading an actual cult, he could kill someone and people would make excuses for him.
One important step they could do to try reviving the company is hire an actual booker, who knows how to build storylines and use talent for more than a month
I mean Tony has loads of money, there is no way he couldn't hire an established wrestling booker in 5 years 💀
His ego won't let him
It reminds me of WWE in 2019. Great roster and matches, but terrible, or in this case, meh creative(AEW Is not worse than that)
Matches,MATCHES?
Hell in a cell 2019
Super show down 2019
Crown jewel 2019
Money in the bank 2019
May I go on..
@@RegularDude984did you choose to ignore the part where they said the booking was trash😂😂…. The matches were good but the booking of the matches was awful
It remains me of WWE in 2020 and 2021 . No one cared about watching it and the storyline’s were ending too fast. The only storyline that’s still going on from 2020 pandemic era is the Bloodline story
Is the roster really great if they aren't doing anything? Look at how they massacred Okada if you show someone who was a fan of his in NJPW and show him on aew I'd be a mind fuck.
Tony Kahn is 100% to blame.
Dudes a deluded man man child, I'm commenting this 2 months down the line and they fucked up a whole ppv in AUS just now
Crazy how people went from jumping from wwe to aew and now it's aew to nxt
Shill much bro... It doesnt matter how great their roster is as long as Khan is treating AEW like he did his action figures when he was a kid
The current weekly gaslighting session with the MJF and Adam Cole storyline is probably the most annoyed I've been with wrestling in a while lol their storyline in 2023 was legit probably my favourite storyline in modern wrestling
Love Adam Cole but his lack of health has really hindered his post WWE run. I get he'll never look super jacked but he's becoming really fragile. His ankle injury wasn't even from a standard bump and it sidelined him over a year
its actually crazy that aew's peak was during the pandemic with no fans.
Aew was only good at first because it was up against 2019 wwe, any wrestling show would look great if it was up against that POS
I don't know. I don't think 2019 WWE is worse than Heroes of Wrestling but I do think a decent Wrestling show would still be a lot better than 2019 WWE.
@ ok maybe ANY wrestling show was an overstatement, I meant any modern wrestling show
tna existed at the time and people still didn't watch it
@ that’s because it was late 2010s impact, aka the most 5/10 fine wrestling show of all time
2019 aew had sonny kiss no legs guy the librarian Peter avalon it was always bad in time after all the blind praise fans realized that
i absolutely hate the over choreographed no-sell ballet style wresting in AEW
I also think my fandom for wrestling is also been fallen off, and it may be because off aew, cause since the company started in 2019 i have watched wrestling no stop, i think need a break, but it is hard to do because when i am not interested in the wwe, aew is doing good and vise versa. December used to perfect for a break but then AEW made the C2 and no way i stoping during that. Not a big problem, just sharing my experience. Nice video bro.
For me, Wrestling in 2024 has become a “niche” rather than trying to have broader mainstream appeal because there’s more focus solely on satisfying a hardcore fan. Everything is booked very safe.
Wrestling in aew is niche. Wwe just had the biggest wm ever
0:44 man not Jericho it isn’t 2001,2008 or 2017
Names every ex WWE star by their AEW name Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli, The Bastard Pac, Mercedes Mone.......EDGE 💀
Love your work! Keep them coming! You are killing it! Banger after banger after banger 💥
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Wwe should just give Edge name to Adam Copeland, he has the theme song and the Rated R superstar nickname already, it's the only thing left.
@@PowerpuffBlito They can't just give it to him. It's been trademarked by WWE.
@@PowerpuffBlito I hear so many people still call him Edge lol. I do agree with you though. Maybe WWE still sell Edge merch? I mean he's already in the HOF so what's left for him to do there? Legends contract down the line maybe?
And they all are doing nothing noteworthy damn shame
Tony Khan books like a kid with ADHD. His stories start and stop but then die somehow, as if we forgot what happened 6 months ago. I have been with them from the start and I still watch WWE when I can fit it in. AEW needs a real creative team, with a real booker because the characters/athletes/performers are world class.
They need to stop piggybacking of wwe have made it's time for Tony khan to create his own stars.
@ I think he has made his own stars. MJF, Darby Allin, Swerve Strickland (who I know was a wwe guy but he was barely an enhancement talent and now he is a star), Maria May, Will Ospreay has elevated to super star status since AEW. Point being there is a lot of great talent and stars but the start and stop booking is killing there momentum. There is no pay offs for these stories. Great matches sure but there is no reasoning for many of these matches. Be different than WWE sure but make it at least make sense to have these matches.
I feel like this isn’t the downfall of AEW but rather just growing pains. Think of all the great companies that had *that* era
WWE had the Attitude era
TNA had that late 2000’s-early 2010’s run
WCW was a juggernaut from 95’-97’
NXT had the black and gold era from 2015-2019
And the focus on the topic, AEW had that 2019-2022 run
All these companies had that era, but they also had that *other* era
WWE from 2016-2019
NXT 2.0 in its first few months
WCW in 2000
AEW right now
So many examples of these companies having good and bad eras. It happens to all companies! AEW will have a golden era again, it only needs time.
In order to have a golden era they need stars.
2016 was a great year for wwe 2017 to 2019 nobody counts the pandemic era and 95 to 96 were bad years to. Aew has fallen so deep their is no bouncing back from this
Not with TK booking Dynamite
9:00 Uh, considering that Cole is now separated from Britt and is part easily one of the worst storylines with MJF and his on-and-off stable rn, yeah I think this is point is debatable.
Damn they were on average 900,000 to a mil every week just a few years back. Hope losing punk, having a horrible toxic fanbase that turns away new fans, and booking people for 2 weeks as a star and don't do anything with them for the rest of their contracts was worth it. Hope they get bought out by WWE
You keep naming these lame wrestlers that have exposed themselves as goofs like I should be impressed. They all need to go to wwe to even mean anything
Especially jericho and mox
Now we find out that Tony Khan was threatening Jack Hagers job if he publicly supported Trump. I'm not even a Trump guy but that lame.
The worst part is how Tony hasn’t acknowledged it or tried to get it back to its original popularity. AEW right now feels like TNA 2017. It exists but nobody cares
I'm getting tired of TH-camrs whining about being tired of watching wrestling
Rough stuff, bud. You can always take a break and come later.
Don’t click on it.
Cm punk doesn’t hate wwe, he hated VKM
Based on his 2014 podcast he hated Triple H more
@ well based on his documentary in 2024, he talked about putting everything aside and handling the business side of it…he would’ve never came back if vinny mac was still in office
AEW is proof singing all these big names doesn't mean shit if your product is shit. WCW taught us this over 25 years ago.
Tony Khan really needs stop catering to "sickos" and Sleepy Dave Meltzer in 2025 and restructure his creative process.
Every wrestler you named on aew roster is awful..and you know why? CAUSE TONY CANT BOOK AND SHOUL NEVER BEEN IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING
Brother is playing GM Mode IRL
@javi994 and sucks at it
I noticed the fall off when I was watching both AEW and WWE and stopped watching AEW
Aew been fell off since the day it started
Fr aew got alot of blind praise in the beginning but it was always lame. In time fans realized that
Agreed I've been saying since day one I see another WCW waiting to happen 😑😑😑
Vince getting the boot and HHH taking over was when AEW heard boss music, worse thing to happen to AEW and the best thing to happen to WWE in over a decade
I hope they’re finally starting to fix the problems they have. since all out was over not every episode has been perfect but there has been a lot of good stories going on and solid tv. no one beats them in terms of ppv quality they just need to figure out how to transition that to weekly tv
Bro i started to watch after years without watching and its so difficult to watch, i tried but its so boring, the matches, the wrestling, the storylines its everything boring, its not worse bc this is ROH place lol
Sad to hear the channel is shutting down. Good luck in your future endeavors!
AEW is still on that sad decline as long as Tony Khan is the owner and has that indispensable income.
I feel like they just need to figure out how to make storylines more meaningful. Similar to what they tried to do with MJF and Adam Cole rivalry (before Adam disappeared),and they need less titles. Having so many titles just makes a title defense or opportunity less important since there’s so many other titles to go after if someone loses a match for one. They shouldn’t be struggling this hard especially with such an amazing roster.
WWE sellls out stadiums AEW can’t even fill an arena
To me personally AEW was the alternative to WWE when it was bad, now with HHH at the helm along with punk coming back there's no reason for me to want to watch AEW anymore
And this is what people are missing. Only reason aew had a fan base was because the nerds were tired of cena and Vince. Now that they’re gonna and reigns being the man, aew is in serious trouble.
@@jayglenn82Cena? Lol, it was still Roman and Rollins. Cena was just a part timer.
AEW will truly benefit from Tony Khan stepping back as the head booker and putting someone else in charge that genuinely knows the business. He should’ve stayed as just the billionaire investor.
My parents always told me to never compare to others and this is a real life example!
AEW... IS WHERE... THE WRESTLE
On a serious note though, if WWE transfer to netflix and are able to start to get a little more extreme and edgy, it could run AEW outta town. Purely cus I think that is what AWE have going for them, it's more mature, and they have the talent to do so. I still wish these companies would collab and we get the forbidden door dream matches so many of us want
It seems like after the All Out incident Aew hasn’t been the same
When they said that aew have a great roster... All the names sound so boring, Adam Cole? C'mon
AEW lost me after Brawl Out. Haven’t watched since.
"12 mins of me contradicting myself about AEW" should be the title.
Listen it was never better than WWE it was just a nenew company that came out so all wrestling fans turned in
Fr aew was always bad they just got alot of blind praise it was just a matter of time before fans seen aew for what it really was
They brought this upon themselves. They take down youtubers who talk about their shows like (thegreatone) so i cant stay updated on them or know if aew has something awesome to come back. And their copying tna in hiring too many wwe ex stars and relying on story lines created in wwe so their a wwe lite at this point
Surplus of talent they have that haven’t gotten a chance at the top, consistent push or a push when they deserved it yet Jon Moxley can have 1000 boring reigns whenever he wants. Tony Khan just isn’t that guy.
Dude, its easier to point out why AEW fell off than when, so many fumbled pushes, long storylines than go nowhere or have a very meh payoff, matches, that while good have 0 build to them, the many, many, many, many red hot starts that have cooled off immensely that they might as well be glaciers at this point....
I dont watch AEW really (i more just keep up with it via social media) but on the occation when i turn it on, it doesnt help the main event is usually multiple people ive never heard of.
When you stop trying to please Meltzer, your product will do better.
I think AEW just has too much fat they need to trim.
There's like 7 titles with "divisons" that have no value.
A ranking system that could have worked if they gave more of a shit.
Booking that's spaced across multiple shows rather than creating a brand split to divide up the roster properly and keep consistency.
A LOT of dragging. (Chris Jericho being the prime example of a VERY stale character and storylines involving him are not really engaging)
Not to mention rampage being an hour of nothing and Shockwave possibly being no better in the future.
"everyone grows and everyone transitions into new eras in their lives" I needed to hear this😢😊
I lost hope at AEW when they release the footage of the backstage brawl at all in
And also AEW Fight Forever is just like the pro-wrestling version of GTA Trilogy: Definitive Edition
lol should e kept Swerve as champ a bit longer 😂
Possibly the lowest drawing world champ in wrestling history.
@ he was entertaining though and aew was hype with him
CM Punk has gone on to increase his legend on a much larger stage. It was a blessing he returned to the big time.
They never needed Punk. They were doing just fine before him. They are now like WWE and the matches are boring and not very competitive or exciting, even guys who were legendary in the independent circuits or in Japan couldn't wrestle as good in AEW. Something's wrong there!
While WWE is doing the smart thing and snatching up all the "new", fresh, exciting talents that not a lot of people has seen before, AEW is too busy hiring WWE's scrapyard wrestlers. Plus their arena is boring as hell; put some exciting lights on to pump people up. AEW= All Ex WWE Wrestlers. Lol.
They have so many good wrestlers but don't know how to put them against each others to create amazing matches and story lines. It's just their favorites over and over and over again. Who the hell wants to see the same old thing over and over again. Take risk and try something new for once! And stop putting on 3 minute matches, put some effort into them!! I'm dying of boredom. Every time I tuned in, I see the same old shit again. I didn't want to tune in, but it's now a habit, damn!
We need to talk about the women's division as well, it's going NO WHERE. It's dead and boring. WWE is hiring all the best female wrestlers while AEW doesn't give a damn.
It's like AEW is stuck in this boring phase and no matter what they do, they cannot move forward.
Tk simped out atleast 10mill for mercedes toupee, with that money he could of had delta vaquer and Giulia who are the future
@@mikemadsen7926 , exactly! That's what I've been saying too! They are some of the hottest names right now- I was shocked Tony didn't sign them when he had the chance. Signing them would had help AEW's women's division. I can think of soo many names in AEW that could be replaced, example: Rebel, Karen Jarret, (what do they really do other than show up?), and many names on the men's roster.
And am I the only one who think Mone's hairs are hideous?
The places biggest weakness, even going back to hangman’s reign, they can tell a story, but they can’t follow up, it’s always their biggest weakness. Everything always falls off. Look at Mariah, look at the Tony/Bucks story, hot moments, now basically all cold
AEW sucks and I’m embarrassed that I’m watching it!
This is what happens when you try to hard to compete with WWE
Haven’t watched since the first Wembley show, haven’t been a regular viewer since the start of 2023. The show felt different after Cody left.
Was that a lost reference at the end!!??? Omg i love deonte even more now
CM Punk and Cody Leaving marked the end of AEW’s honeymoon glory phase
They was just here in Columbus and only sold like 943 tickets in the nationwide. I could be wrong I was stoned when looking it up lol
Me, not watching wrestling since the start of the year:
The fell off AGAIN???
How?
I just can't with Ospreay. The BRUV stuff, the whole i'm a gamer and so desperately want to be a video game character is cringe to me. He's just the British knockoff Kenny Omega
Him and Omega aren’t really similar but I understand why you don’t like him.
People being sick of WWE's terrible booking is the reason behind AEW's existence and them doing so well (rating wise) in the early 2020s. It make sense that AEW is struggling since WWE is doing so well both in terms of creative and business.
I haven’t watched a second of AEW Television in a year and a half
The company is 5 years old 😭 I think they'll be okay in the long run if they can adapt and find that one story that can hook the viewers back into the product. It's gonna take time, but I think they can do it.
Wwe 2016 and 2017 was really good tho
Smackdown in 2016, yes. Raw in 2017, had its moments.
AEW started off great. I havnt watched a full wrestling show since 2013 until AEW aired. I would watch there full shows. It’s sad how much it fell off.
AEW has not been the same since brawl out. They're still trying to recover and its getting to the point where developmental NXT is beating them on their own night at that. Tony needs to pull his head out of the sand and realize something needs to change. The matches and ppvs are still top notch but I feel no investment in the product or any of the characters because the booking hasn't supported what they're trying to sell. Why should I care about Moxley taking over the company? Why does he want to do it anyway? Whats the endgame with this? They already tried the takeover story with the Elite this year and it fizzled out so why am I to believe rhis wont too? Tony admitted he books week to week which is asinine he should have some kind of long term plan of who he's trying to push and where and how stories are gonna end. No AEW is not dying they literally just got a new deal from WBD its not going anywhere but your fans are caring less and less about it except for the diehard "sickos" who will watch and defend AEW no matter what but soon that's all you'll have left and perception is everything and right now AEW just seems like a company in limbo trying to recapture that lightning in a bottle they had. Hopefully they will before it's too late.
I used to pray for times like these
Not everyone's gimmick can be "I'm super tough and it takes literal bullets to keep me down for the 3" especially when you look like Jack Perry. Way too many of these aew wrestlers are solid performers but they're so damn full of themselves it's hilarious lol
Deonte... I saw that ufc insert so I'm gonna NEED a couple UFC/MMA videos down the line 🗣️
Zion injured as always
Its what next wwe release will turn up this week ?
When will tony understand that storylines and promos are the most part of wresling
Punk and drew started fuedimg after the royal rumble and haven't faced each other till summerslam
A fued for 8 months with no matches and it was awesome
Ricky Starks??
No logic kills AEW…
Great video … valid criticism
I’m taking a break from AEW until the MAX deal. I love a lot of their wrestlers but I find who they chose to put over to be nonsensical sometimes. Still upset Swerve lost his momentum to lose to essentially a retirement match. He was a great champion and I love Bryan Danielson but he didn’t need that. I feel like AEW puts over legends that don’t need it and leaves fresher talent on the back burner.
It's like WWE vs WCW all over again
AEW fell off for me when they started hiring all my favourite wrestlers from when I was 10, I'm 35, those guys are chalked.
turned that shit of when they insulted my asian heritage by making okada a token character
AEW is in the same boat as TNA was a few years back. They need to rebuild the promotion from the ground up. Also hire some people who know how to book a show. Tony is like Dixie Carter. Yes, they loved wrestling, but booking it was not their bread and butter. I think if Tony gets some people to help him. AEW can be salvaged and succeed again. We all know Cody was the real mastermind behind AEW's success. When he left that was the start of the company's downfall.
I know, right?! Ever since Cody leaving and Punk being fired, the company has been on a downward spiral.
@@onigames7309 you all shut up about PUNK
@@david-p8e6oPeople will stop bringing up Punk when AEW stops proving him right
@@bashamd96 He was never right you all cant just move on already Punk is full of crap always has been
@david-p8e6o He can't be wrong when AEW keeps proving him right so you're objectively lying
Day one AEW fan that just stopped watching. I think it's crazy how some of the political stuff wrestlers have done gets overlooked. Like Hangman going into business for himself with Punk is crazy, but the whole story of Moxley (who was one of my favorites) refusing to lose to Punk because he wanted to get a win before putting him over is kind of insane. If that was any other wrestler people would be talking mad shit about it.
The show became unbearable watch without Punk in 2022.. Tried so hard to watch and support it but it was just a horrible watch.. And this paralleled with WWE getting so much better in 2022.
AEW is always been a mix bag. A lot of highs and a lot lows. The PPVs always delivered though. Like right now the Moxley Death Riders storyline started off strong but now idk how to feel. While the Hurt Syndicate stuff with Swerve has been gold.
But there ride or die fans would say its thriving 😂