>>17665063It's because WWE knows how to treat their stars.
When Punk comes and says "I wanna do this cool spot from the turnbuckle with this flip and yada yada" the trainers tell him "FUCK NO" and he has to obey or go higher where the next official will tell him"FUCK NO" and just like that until he reaches Gaytch who will calmly explain to him that he's a fucking 40+ senior who wasn't even that athletic in his youth to begin with, so he has to stay in his style of wrestling, which is psychology and storytelling. Punk will agree and move on.
It's that simple, but there's no such thing in AEW. I would say here that all official would be okay with mudlaw show spots like stocking spikes on your back, but the reality is that no one even asks the officials if it's okay to do something. They just do it and if the owner comes to tell you no, they'll laugh it off and do it twice just to see his reaction.
