How Vince McMahon's Most Famous WWE Words Will Come Back To Haunt Him

by Michael Sidgwick
Jon Moxley
AEW

AEW's Jon Moxley is an honourable badass who says what he's going to do and does it - "it" being kicking the ass of the deserving in awesome brawls. Darby Allin just spent nine months being patronised and bullied to triumph over the a**hole body guy. Jungle Boy is a wholesome dynamo who could sell Jim Cornette on Kenny Omega.

It is a chasm. AEW does good buys and bad guys, but it goes beyond, too. Hangman Page has redefined what it means to be sympathetic by playing with heel behaviours to get over as flawed, relatable man you desperately want to be better - for himself if nothing else.

WWE isn't good guys versus bad guys anymore, that's for f*cking sure.

At its dirt worst - and RAW has arguably never been worse - it's a show about awful people punching down on one another in "You're sh*t/No, you're sh*t" perpetuity.

The idea that wrestling has to be babyfaces versus heels is debatable. Your writer is in favour of a more textured approach that doesn't ignore the classic dynamics.

WWE can't do anything.

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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!