10 Biggest AEW Scandals
1. Not EVERYBODY Is All Elite...
The media blitz, vlogs and podcasts together paint a picture of AEW as a refreshing creative environment.
More acts are over in arenas than aren't, and they seem to get fired up at the prospect of performing using the artistic license with which they are trusted. Between lower third chyrons and short black-and-white films, opportunities to get over are awarded and taken, even if they last but seconds. These are small accompaniments to the patient, long-term booking ethos at the core of a promotion that is mostly a meritocracy. There are talents who get TV time because they are friends with the correct people, but, as yet, AEW hasn't pushed any performer - at least heavily - that fans aren't interested in. A mate of management doing an undercard job doesn't count.
It's a happy workplace with glittering morale. There's no such thing as a Triple H cupping his ear GIF.
Or at least there wasn't, until Brian Cage's wife buried AEW recently for refusing to do much at all with Brian Cage. Her criticisms took over the discourse a few weeks back. She claimed that Cage had everything, is a superstar, and AEW must be incompetent for not getting the most out of a talent that got over everywhere else.
This attempt to discredit AEW's rep didn't really work - Cage was a great upper midcard heel who didn't show the fire required to get his recent vengeful babyface arc over - but the days of keeping every talent happy are over, as was always going to happen following the aggressive roster expansion.