>>6776214I'd say it's when Cody left. Maybe it's not reflected in the ratings but "culturally" the crowd stopped getting wild and engaged with the story. The booking itself turned dull. Cody was also the first wrestler who actually left the company. This - along with Hangman winning, Kenny being injured, four new pillars getting pushed (Garcia, Dante, Lee, Wheeler), Darby becoming a jobber and so on - started to reveal huge cracks in the company.
So, overall, if I'd pinpoint when the downfall began, it would be Cody leaving. Before that, AEW was kind of seen as immaculate, and everyone who complained where stockholm syndrome'd e-drones. Now, it's pretty clear that Tony is a massive failure as a booker who have made alot of stupid decisions that directly hurt the company
