Its now been 5 (five) years since AEW began. Lets recap how haters reacted to it each year.

year 1: dismissal and disbelief
year 2: conflict/battle (wednesday night wars)
year 3 disbelief, anger, shock
year 4: obsession and derangement
year 5: rage and mockery
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year 6: real life altercations (will see e drones attack aew fans IRL)
year 7: /pw/ shutdown due to spam on wednesdays/saturdays
year 8: desperation (AEW on pace to match raw’s ratings by this point if wwe continues -8% YoY)
year 9: acceptance.