>>7770682AEW is not competing with WWE. Tony is delusional because he sees his company as the new WCW, but Nitro was running against Raw directly and the two were close for several years with Nitro consistently on top for a year and a half. PPV buys and live attendance, again, WCW and WWF were neck and neck. Same with public relevance, with the NWO shirts in particular going mainstream and getting TV ads for Sting and Macho, video games, etc.
Most people don't even know AEW exists. Dynamite ran against NXT for fuck sake, not Raw. AEW's ratings, live attendance rates are nowhere close to WWE. AEW has zero public presence. No one knows or cares. For as niche as WWE has become, they're still a known company that is synonymous with pro wrestling to the public.
Tony needs to sit the fuck down and recognize the position he's in. He is TNA, not WCW. Actually, AEW is even worse since TNA at least had the balls to run Monday nights.
Tony has tons of money and talent, yet he's blowing it on stupid moves like signing guys he doesn't even want to massive contracts all because he thinks he's actually competitive with WWE.
Maybe AEW can be competitive one day. But that will never happen with the way Tony is operating.
