>>16504645The owner, who is also the booker, has a very obscure concept of what good wrestling is, which is shared by nobody in the general public and only shared by a select few of the fans of wrestling, and exclusively catered to by wrestlers because they're getting paid $300k per year for 5 matches in that year.
There's no story.
There's no storytelling.
There's no excitement because nobody's worth emotionally investing into, because you never know when someone disappears for a year or two.
The wrestlers are carnying Tony out of his dad's money, that's fine, that's the business they want to do.
Tony doesn't have his feet on the ground. He's constantly being validated in his choices by these carnies, which makes it impossible for him to see that his booking decisions are driving viewers away.
If Tony Khan was a wrestler himself, he would have known this is what they're doing and never would've allowed it, but he isn't. Tony's a mark. He's a fan.
And Tony's heroes are telling him that he's based for booking them so little for so much money, because they're just as fucking retarded as him and lack foresight.
They're making $300k now. The WWE won't pay them a fucking dime.
Guys like Cody knew that. Penta and Fenix know that. This is an express gravy train, not good for the long haul.
That's what AEW doesn't outdraw WCW.
The product flat out sucks and has no reason to be seen.
