7 History Lessons AEW Could Learn From TNA

5. Potshots At WWE Don't Work

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This (sort of) acts as a companion entry to the previous one.

When TNA signed the Road Dogg and Billy Gunn, renamed them B.G James and The Outlaw and had them run wild as the 'Voodoo Kin Mafia', they may have thought it was edgy and cool. It wasn't. The group's name was a clumsy play on Vince McMahon's name (Vincent Kennedy McMahon), and both spent their time taking potshots at WWE rather than trying to help TNA.

This is harmful to a promotion's credibility, especially when they're doing it often. TNA did, and AEW shouldn't follow suit. Admittedly, they probably won't. Don't expect to see Chris Jericho show up at Double Or Nothing, grab the mic and mention WWE at all. Why would he?

Nobody told TNA that. They adhered to the same policy WCW did years before them, and it made them look small time the more they did it. Let's hope All Elite are clever enough to realise they don't need to aim jabs at WWE's ribs to be relevant.

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