>>12028025The reason that was enough is very simple.
AEW is a hypetrain. Most people went to the shows and watched them on TV because of the hype. The illusion of the moment.
The pyro was hyped up the same way the rest of the shows and PPVs were. "This will be the explosion to trounce all explosions".
Everyone expected a massive bang, exploding ring, huge fire and flames.
What they got was a few sparklers and a fizzle.
That broke the illusion. It derailed the hypetrain, and people looked at AEW from the side of the track from that point on.
And when you're not on the hypetrain, AEW looks dire.
And when you go back to those moments you loved a few weeks before that dud ending, or months, or way back to 2019, you'll start to notice that AEW has always really been dire.
People simply refused to see it, and chose to enjoy the illusion they worked themselves into.
TL;DR: AEW's suspense of disbelief was so meagre that it took a fizzle and a dud for people to break it and realise AEW's a slopshop.
