10 Misconceptions About AEW You Probably Believe
Bryan Danielson doesn't do flippy sh*t.
You might not watch All Elite Wrestling.
You might have heard of this "new WWE" deal, something or other with Chris Jericho in it that has penetrated the consciousness more than TNA ever did. Jim Ross is involved, so it must be halfway respectable or legitimised, surely? CM Punk wouldn't have come back for some low-budget thing, right?
Not if you scroll through Twitter.
The perception of the promotion is wildly divergent. It's either a disgrace to the industry that a destitute Vince McMahon lovingly and nobly built with his own bare hands, or it's so damn great all of the time, across every soul-cleansing second, that you must be broken or depressed in some way if you don't adore every last bit of it. You didn't rip your c*ck off this week? Maybe you need to take a break, man. The f*ck is wrong with you?
The average e-drone cannot be helped. This is a known issue.
But for those out there whose only knowledge of AEW is informed by secondhand takes on socials, the promotion is a lot different than you might expect...
This isn't paid content - just a spot of myth-busting - but how can you be sure of that?
After all, Tony Khan does pay the pro wrestling media off!
10. The Media Is Biased Towards It
Tony Khan - a handsome fellow with a strong jawline and fashionable, tussled hair - uses his bottomless pockets to co-opt the pro wrestling media and persuade them to report and critique his product favourably.
Bryan Danielson isn't a masterful technician and storyteller virtually incapable of working an average match. Tony Khan just pays people to say he's good. The Young Bucks aren't able to generate white-hot atmospheres in every single arena they work. Critics just hear things. Hangman Page Vs. Kenny Omega wasn't a phenomenally detailed, two-year odyssey that drew acclaim for building a superstar babyface in a uniquely modern way. Khan simply paid critics to say that.
The same critics who raved about the WWF product of 1997 and 2000 and the NXT of 2015 were told to cease that praise at once because there's a new billionaire in town, and he's paying.
If you earnestly think this, you need psychiatric help. It is possible that something you haven't been brainwashed into thinking is bad is good.
Again, these people aren't worth the oxygen or indeed the scorn, but they are influential. People buy into their bullsh*t, and they shouldn't.
It isn't biased to lower expectations of a WWE debutant and invest in an act introduced by AEW.
It would be naive not to.