10 Reasons Why The AEW Backlash Is Irrational

2. It Answers SO MANY WWE Fan Complaints

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Strip away the hype.

Strip away the branding, the "revolution" rhetoric, the fairly obvious and understandably alienating implication that AEW is automatically better than WWE, the messaging of which began before the first show.

Strip away all of the f*cking noise and you are left with a product that has answered so many valid complaints fans have levelled at the WWE product for decades.

The eye-rolling and toxic backlash becomes an irrational tribal thing when another company answers them.

The promos are scripted by the talent, not the writer, allowing the likes of MJF to be funny and generate heat; Cody's searing passion gets him over as somebody who lives for this, not to get paid for it; the booking is plotted backwards from the destination, not retconned because one man is bored of it; heels cheat to win more than the babyfaces lose through being thick; the way people talk is far more natural, and less "totally f*cking distractingly weird and dumb"...

Nobody actually wants the IIconics to interrupt Sasha Banks and Bayley, do they? This isn't a thing that happens, right? Nobody watches a promo segment with three people in it and says Man, this needs a fourth to really get cooking!

 
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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!