>>14267007AEW was never going to win in terms of ratings or global reach, but before Vince was ousted it had the advantage of being a place where wrestlers wanted to work, while all reports indicated that almost all the wrestlers in WWE were miserable. This meant that WWE were the 'bad guys', and AEW fans felt like simply by watching AEW they were 'good guys'.
Now, it's the opposite. Things at WWE aren't perfect, but people are enjoying themselves much more than they were under Vince. Not only that, but the quality of the product has improved, while AEW has just gotten more and more chaotic backstage, to the point where it feels similar to the days of Vince tearing up the runsheets for Raw minutes before going live.