10 Major Unanswered Questions About AEW
9. The Future Of Being The Elite
It's hard to analyse Being The Elite's future without considering its pathetic recent past.
A starting point for everything that's led to where the wrestling world finds itself right now, there's an argument to made that the decision made between Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks to film their trips between towns was the most transformative of the decade.
BTE rapidly shifted from road diary to impossibly entertaining mini-series as the cast expanded to include regulars and guests The Bucks and Omega connected with as they bounced between New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring Of Honor.
Within a year, it was subjectively one of the most entertaining weekly wrestling shows, within two it was spawning its own pay-per-view and it celebrated its third birthday as an embedded element of an actual wrestling company's output. Problem being, it became the worst element.
With the central crew clearly busy with the embryonic stages of AEW's development, Being The Elite became the first major victim of the startup. No longer a mechanism for building up the talents nor remotely as funny as when the wrestlers involved hadn't had their patter purchased by a taste of the good life, the spirit was sapped, leaving behind time-filling mailbags and middling skits. A weekly television show probably won't leave them much time to improve things, so it may be time to say goodbye to the company's cornerstone.