>>16142359I don't care if AEW makes money or not. Same for WWE btw. I'm a pro wrestling fan, not a profits fan. My point was that AEW does not format Dynamite anything like Nitro. I loved the Nitro format more than Raw. And AEW does not book their events like WCW either, at least not during their successful years. AEW booking really reminds me of WCW 2000. And that's not a good thing. That's the period I would rather forget. But in terms of wrestling, as in how a match is worked, AEW is an indie promotion. It's not like WCW at all. It's false advertising. And for the record, I want AEW to succeed. I want wrestlers to develop and be successful. But I want to be entertained. AEW has bad booking and there is no consistency to their matches. Tony needs to hire bookers, and he needs agents to structure matches (and with the power to overrule the wrestlers). There is too much fake-looking indie garbage on AEW. It's like watching a train wreck, albeit there are a few outstanding workers that are worthwhile, but it's like 90% gay gymnastics. WWE has a different problem where the booking is extremely safe and predictable such that it's mostly boring, but there is more consistency and structure, and even a boring story told well can be a decent watch.
I'm not happy about pro wrestling in general right now, but I'm more critical of AEW because Tony has the means and the singular control to fix this. He could make AEW a true alternative and a shining beacon of pro wrestling the way it should be. If he loves WCW so much, then why can't he do it? My only conclusion is that it is a combination of his ego not letting him accept that he is in over his head with booking, and that he is starstruck by wrestlers and getting worked by them, such that he lets the inmates run the asylum rather than hiring good agents to structure matches and keep these workers in line.
