10 Misconceptions About AEW You Probably Believe
1. It's Perfect
Conversely, perhaps you've read takes from the most devout AEW fans and have thought to yourself: Wow, this promotion offers the equivalent thrill of tantric sex. Let's check it out!
It's great when it's great, but it isn't perfect.
It's still a distinctly North American wrestling TV product with most of the attendant trappings. Despite holding the intelligence of the audience in reasonable regard, it's still not enough for Penta El Zero M to cut amazing promos that most can feel and infer even if they can't understand. Alex Abrahantes has to overact and dress up like a Hammer Horror character instead, ruthlessly undermining what is cool about the act. No interview can go uninterrupted. The women are still marginalised and are only permitted to work one match per TV show, and sometimes it's as predictable and redundant a sub-two minute squash as you'll ever see.
AEW isn't perfect, nor is it the worst thing you've ever seen.
Watch the thing and make up your own mind, or alternatively, don't engage with the thing that you hate.
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