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It was the only ticket in town for a long time and became largely unwatchable cringe. For a long time the shows were full of McMahon family garbage and then it became PG garbage and then there was a time Smackdown really was the dud show and RAW was full of guest host slop. They would sign all the talent too and sometimes absolutely blunder them. Cultist drones like to make out it's the fans that were wrong and it's a good thing your favourite talent signed with WWE and had to give up a lot of what made them special, but it's no different to your favourite band signing with a major label and releasing radio friendly bops (see what Modest Mouse used to be in the 90s for example) I don't hate WWE as much, but I hate what their fans have become. You can't criticise anything about the show or the booker and they hype it up way too much. It'd be like someone telling you how great new Simpsons is when you grew up watching the show when it actually was great. People are allowed to enjoy things but it's the fact everything has to be a positive at all costs. 90 minutes of wrestling on a 3hr and 30 minute show? That's a good thing actually. Prime and other sponsorship all over the place? That's a good thing too actually.
Drones like to gloss over the fact that Paul's NXT had a lot of similarities to AEW too. Matches going on too long, kick off fests, dimeless dweebs pushed hard, they signed up all the talent so they could have a yummy wummy debut every month or so too. It really does blow my noggin how many cases there is of 'It's ok when WWE does it' with a lot of the fanbase. Was it Tony who said to be AEW is to be under constant attack? I can't really disagree with him because there's so many examples of WWE doing the exact same things and getting a pass for it. I don't see people demand Paul books his women better, or pushes more black talent, etc. It's just all so tiresome and disingenuous
