9 Promises AEW Have Made Since Launching (And HAVE Kept)

1. Listening To The Audience

Part of being a fan-focused organisation means paying attention to how things are going down with the average consumer, considering the situation, and taking action where necessary: something AEW has been doing in spades since launching.

The list of failed projects they have turned around is considerable. Criticised for relegating Jake Hager to a silent drone's role in 2019, AEW righted his course by putting him over Dustin Rhodes, powerbombing Jon Moxley off the stage, and building him into a credible World Title contender within a month. The horrendous Nightmare Collective stable was scrapped after its first few weeks sparked mass mockery. Alex Marvez was replaced by a beloved veteran in Tony Schiavone when it was clear his commentary wasn't clicking. In Hangman Page, AEW has a proof of concept, having transformed him from failed vanilla babyface to hard-drinking man of the people and one of the most over people in the whole promotion. The list goes on.

Thus far, AEW is listening to the right people and reacting in the right ways. They take no heed of trolls who spout stupid, easily-destroyed arguments like "Cody = Jeff Jarrett" because trolls don't engage in good faith and only seek validation to help fix whatever's broken inside them. AEW focuses on consensus instead - and the product is stronger for it.