10 Things AEW Are Getting Absolutely Right At The Moment
3. Letting Great Talkers Do The Talking
AEW has a tremendously talented roster from top to bottom, but where it excels the most is in its willingness to let its mass of great talkers talk. The promotion has great promos everywhere you look, from those working as managers like Taz and Jake Roberts to active talents like Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Cody. In professional wrestling, being able to talk the talk is just as important as walking the walk, and AEW is all sorts of blessed when it comes to the former.
Arguably more important is the ideology behind the promos themselves. Scripts are nowhere to be seen, and the company seems willing to let its pro wrestlers be pro wrestlers. There may be plot points and things to hit, but the uncomfortable and awkward verbiage that has reduced WWE promos to irrelevance is nowhere to be seen here. The wrestlers in AEW all have their own voices.
Eddie Kingston sounds like Eddie Kingston, MJF sounds like MJF, Britt Baker sounds like Britt Baker and so on and so on. AEW seems to encourage its performers to be the best versions of themselves as opposed to trying to create an identikit world that prioritises the company over the individual. The results are clear for all to see.