10 Reasons Why The AEW Backlash Is Irrational

1. It's Basically The Attitude Era

FTR Dynamite
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And you love that!

"WHaT abOut THe ATtiTuDE eRA?" you all say. That's when things were the t*ts.

Literally!

Blood is shed on Dynamite most weeks. The word "Sh*t!" is uttered once every hour, as a rule, seemingly, and that's so much more of a sweet swear word than the the pathetic "Ass!" you'd get in 1998. You see chair shots to the head. Very recently, a buxom blonde woman has portrayed a meddling succubus character, even though we've been given very little reason to think so poorly of her! Women in general, let's face it, are unfortunately a bit of a secondary concern!

There's more.

A dominant World Champion badass loner patrols the land, and if he's not the babyface for you, there's a beer-drinking banter merchant from the southern states there to pop your t*ts off most weeks. Chris Jericho is there. Dustin Rhodes is there. Matt Hardy is there, and he's mentoring a team very much like and inspired by his own Hardy Boyz team.

The WWF revived the NWA for a bit in 1998, and, well sh*t, that's basically AEW's MO!

Come!

You'll love it here!

 
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