10 Growing Pains AEW Is Already Having

9. Unnecessary Preshows

WWE's Kickoff shows in 2019 are the kind of thing only new viewers or those who want to see the designated pre-show match tune into. They're hardly essential watches, and they boil down to kayfabe banter melded with (excellently produced) hype packages. The onus is on AEW to offer something different with their 'Buy Ins'.

It's hit and miss.

When does too much product become a problem? It's something WWE bashers criticise the McMahons for elsewhere, so why not All Elite? Their preshows are just as unnecessary as their WWE counterparts. They offer little to the real pay-per-view's presentation, probably don't shift many buys and are definitely missable.

In time, maybe AEW will learn that they don't need to run pre-shows because WWE do it. They'd benefit from cutting the idea altogether. It's not like Fight For The Fallen needed Sonny Kiss vs. Peter Avalon or another 15-minute tag match.