5 Things AEW Must Steal From WCW (And 5 It Shouldn’t!)

10. Yes: Themed Pay-Per-View Sets

Themed pay-per-view sets are the kind of thing you'll always see pop up on lists like this. Older fans yearn for the magnificence of Halloween Havoc 1998, or the glory of those big swinging hooks from Backlash 2001 over on the WWE side. That'll never change, and it's something Tony Khan should bring back.

Why not? He'd rule the roost here, because WWE is far too obsessed with giant screens and CGI overlays to bother with physical set piece design these days. WrestleMania is a notable exception, but WCW did it better overall. They actually always did, and a quick look back at classics on the Network/Peacock proves it.

There was a unique personality to most WCW sets during the 1990s, and that's the vibe TK should plunder. His pay-per-view stages, sadly, have started to drift into boring WWE territory. That's a missed opportunity when AEW only produces a handful of these specials per year.

They need to feel, well...special again.