>>9828318>peakedI remember people talking about it like it was goofy and shit, like HoT, except it had a bunch of banger workers in it who could overcome every match being stacked with interference. Devitt's BC still had goofy shit in it but it didn't bloat out of control and go into parody status truly till AJ took over.
The Elite was a needed detour, it was a bloated mess filled with shitters taking up half the cards outside of AJ who was about to leave. Separating yourself (also getting merch NJPW doesn't take 100% of a cut of) from all the shitters like GoD and Yujiro and Fale and working matches mostly clean was the right move.
