>>6088963Nah it's because of the shitty booker, the nonstop stipulation matches, the constant dead angles, and the commentary.
People bitch about JR being an old fart now but here's an honest question: when you have Excalibur screaming at every given opportunity by the wrestlers, and you're not impressed by what you see, are you going to step in between Excalibur and his toll-paid sue-a-sea-dogs?
Tony Schiavone can't be fucked to do an energised job either. None of the vets can be, in the realm of commentary.
Tony Khan is the single biggest hurdle AEW has faced.
He doesn't book based on a gut feeling and live crowd response. Tony Khan bases all of his booking on data-driven scientific calculations, statistical models and Twitter.
It's the exact same reason that Tottenham Hotspur went from a respectable football club to the absolute drizzling shits.
Khan's autistic mind cannot entertain a world without his scientific safety railing.