Ex-Employee On AEW: "It's Inmates Running The Asylum"
Tony Khan lets certain wrestler run amok, according to this former AEW wrestler.
Former AEW star Frankie Kazarian has revealed he thinks the company lacks "real direction". He also reminisced about early meetings with Tony Khan, Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks and his old SCU teammates "at two in the morning" - those meetings hatched ideas on what'd eventually become a full-blown pro wrestling alternative.
Kazarian told Busted Open Radio that one of the biggest problems with All Elite is that it's "inmates running the asylum in a way". Frankie also noticed that a lot of stories were pitched without any real plan after the initial kick off moment. "After that...what are you going to do? That was always a problem".
There's been a lot of scathing criticism about AEW creative recently. Many fans and critics alike view Tony Khan's promotion as more of a "dream match" factory than a place with killer stories or feuds. In fact, most rivalries are on the shorter end of the scale, and they're often forgotten about as quickly as they happen.
Kazarian's "inmates running the asylum" line will surely get a lot of people talking. It might even ruffle some feathers internally at AEW.