10 Big Improvements AEW MUST Make Before All Out
5. Solve Their Production Woes
For a promotion with mainstream aspirations, AEW sure have a lot of production glitches.
Again, Fight for the Fallen exposed the worst of these warts. The Buy In saw a bizarre string of closed captions randomly appear on the bottom of the scream, with many words churned out as gibberish. Other minor flubs were peppered throughout the night. The show's conclusion, meanwhile, was a disaster, with The Young Bucks' "running out of time" in their post-match promo, leading to The Elite and Shahid Khan's in-ring grandstanding being broadcast when it wasn't supposed to, before everything cut off abruptly.
The same caveat applies here: these production woes are growing pains, not chronic problems. A certain degree of leeway can therefore be extended. A pass, however, cannot.
All Out must look, sound, and feel immaculate. It must be a true reflection of the television product that is to come after it. Subpar production won't fly when they reach TNT, especially if AEW want to challenge WWE, who are immaculate in this regard. If All Elite can hit similar standards without Kevin Dunn's fetish for camera cuts, they'll be onto a winner.