>>16772034Unfortunately AEW became "where the underrated guys from WWE went to get treated properly and to get 'their shot'" and the problem is that Tony is such a mark that for some of them, they didn't actually change or *try* in the way that would reward getting that chance.
AEW's turning point was Miro, Andrade, Adam Cole, O'Reilley, Strong, Black, Keith Lee — all NXT guys that were "underappreciated" in WWE — joining to "get their real shot" and bloating up the fucking card. I'm biased towards Claudio because he can work with anyone, and Christian makes me happy, so maybe my taste is just shit. Then Saraya, Toni, Ruby (who I don't mind) hijack the women's division.
Because of all these people coming in, all of them have to have their mini-push where they don't lose for MONTHS after their debut (especially Okada, Will, Lashley, Mercedes, etc) which just stalls the booking entirely because these "stars" need to be used in order to justify the investment, but they also can't LOSE because they've big-leagued Tony, who has no balls to tell them no.
It's just ground all momentum to a halt and made things predictable. Mariah will lose her belt in Australia. Mox is losing his belt to Darby in SIX MONTHS, Okada and Mercedes aren't losing their belts in the foreseeable future. Yawn.
