>>12905665Eric Bischoff knows a thing or two about this. He one time had a signing so big that it moved the needle for the other guys. As it turns out, the lesson Eric got from Bret Hart is the same one Tony is getting for Adam Cole, Samoa Joe, and the rest of the NXT old guard on the payroll. If AEW's fanbase wanted NXT, we'd watch NXT. Give us AEW. But no, you can't, because you let AEW go to chase NXT & WWE. Now I have to go to Raw to get AEW and they don't set the tables on fire or use barbwire anymore.
I liked Cody Island. Cody Island was cozy. All of the feuds made sense barring the one with the boxer. Cody Island, with its Friends of Cody and Foes of Cody, was reliable that you would see at least one match where the emphasis was on wrestling as an artform and not as a pure athletic display.