>>15469921No one knows what those names outside of wrestling nerds. Hell even casual wrestling fans who only watch WWE don't know those names. They are not mega stars. Don't listen to Meltzer.
You aren't going to find anyone isn't already deeply passionate about wrestling that knows any of those wrestlers.
The only guys in AEW that have any crossover with normie pop culture and the zeitgeist are Jericho, Jim Ross, and to a lesser extent Danhausen.
And Jericho and Jim Ross aren't going to be known because of AEW. The normie is going to associate them with WWE. And then the few normies that know who Danhausen is know him through Joe Bob Briggs, Elvira, Dead Meat, Full Moon, and the horror world. And of course the horror fans that know he's a wrestler.
Most people don't know what AEW is. It's not a popular brand. It's niche and obscure.
It has no value to any company. It's an obscure wrestling promotion that has operated in the red for over half a decade now and would have already closed down if it wasn't funded by a money mark.
Way too many AEW fans are disconnected from reality and have no concept of the real world. The pay 15 bucks a month for Dave Meltzer to lie to them because can't the reality that AEW is bleeding money, bleeding viewers, and they are trying to get renewed by a company that is also struggling to survive.
And they'll read this then cry because they hate to read because it's difficult for them. Even though they'll pay with the heir welfare money to read Dave's cope slop.