>>6944482AEW fans AS A GROUP exhibit cult-like behavior. They will often dismiss any criticism of the product (often vehemently), will go out of their way to evangelize people who enjoy WWE to come to AEW, are obsessed with television ratings (particularly target demographics, which don't really mean what they think they mean), and will basically call anything that could be seen as a disappointment "better than expected".
As a personal anecdote, watching WWE PPV's with my friends had gotten miserable for a time because they were always whining about "50-50 booking" and "workrate" and basically all of this other shit they regurgitated off of the internet. Then AEW became a thing and they just started watching that instead. Watching PPVs were a little more palatable because I didn't have to hear complaints all of the time, but I missed hanging out with them to watch the shows. We'd get together for AEW and THEN I'd have to hear how much WWE sucks. It's like, "aren't we watching something else now that you enjoy?" Same thing for Wreddit discussion. When I don't like something (including stretches of WWE), I stop watching. But WWE lives rent-free inside AEW fans' heads. EVERYTHING is in comparison and it's very important to downplay anything that The Fed does so that their love of AEW can be justified. It's very on--par with console fanboyism.
Just to put it out there - I enjoy watching AEW, but their fans really hurt the experience.
