10 Secret AEW Storyline Details Hiding In Plain Sight
9. Music Tells A Long-Term Story
Investment in a character is infectious. It's a hint.
The vignette, increased promo time, a string of wins across a short span of television: all are signals that the booker wants you to get behind a character they, evidently, have big plans for in storylines. Of course, one could look at a character like Xia Li and say, "Hold on a minute: she did f*ck all after all that, so what are you prattling on about?"
This of course doesn't apply to WWE. Don't be silly. But these are tools that a competent booker uses to encourage the public to invest in an act.
Another tool utilised by Tony Khan to get an act over is licensed music. This is a literal investment, one that hardly comes cheap - hence why Bryan Danielson sadly doesn't walk to the ring to Europe's 'The Final Countdown - but the expense itself is a small detail that a promoter thinks the talent is worth the money and indeed the push.
Jungle Boy was given his old indie theme 'Tarzan Boy' by Baltimora on the January 5, 2021 Dark. Exactly one year later, on the January 5, 2022 Dynamite, he won the AEW World Tag Team Title. This was a cool milestone underscoring that, in AEW, literal investment in a push will pay off long-term.