u/Chromatic_Penumbra

Me over the past few weeks since starting to watch AEW for the first time:

"Wow, this UK wonder boy sure is becoming friendly with this bad boy biker bear and his bad boy biker bear gang. Fascinating!"

"Oh this next wrestler is named Brian Cage I wonder what he looks lik-- HOLY FUCKING SHIT"

"Wait, are these bad boy biker bears faces or heals?"

"Those dudes look like Billy Gunn. Oh their last name is Gunn? *googles some stuff* oh. Neat!"

"I DON'T SLEEP CUZ MY HEADS ON FIRE"

"Oh okay they are for sure heals"

"I HATE CREEPS AND I HATE LIARS, OOOOOOOOH"

"Oh for sure they are faces"

"Hahaha 'how you know?!' Hahahha"

"I wish I could be in the bad boy biker bear gang of heals/faces"

I've been having a lot of thoughts about these wrestling products that I gotta get off my chest. This seems like the most appropriate place to voice them lol.

Started watching WWE in Jan 2025 after spending 24 years taking a break(was an attitude era kid). It was a combination of the Netflix deal and, if you would believe it, Maven finding his way into my YouTube algorithm that pushed me back in.

Started watching AEW at revolution this year. At that point I didnt have too many problems with the WWE product but Revolution was the greatest almost 5 hours of wrestling I had ever seen in my life. I didn't start watching AEW regularly after, but kept watching the PPVs.

Then two things happened. Wrestlemania and Darby Allen beating MJF. Not trying to say that DA winning was necessarily some mastermimimd creative decision. It was just the first plot hook that got me watching every week.

But more so is how much I hated Wrestlemania this year. More specifically, the way they handled shifting things around to set up the card just shattered the faith I had in creative. It wasn't where things ended up. But how things got there. I know this product is make-believe but do the fucking make believe.

It seems silly to be mad about this, especially as I type it, but the way King of the Ring was handled really feels like a last straw thing for me. I want my king of the ring tournament to matter.

It also hasn't left a good taste in my mouth that this other product that I am starting to like is being so aggressively counter programed by WWE.

This weekend was just all the things that are pising me off about WWE, and all the stuff Im really digging about AEW, all happening to a big extent.The bullshit WWE creative. The insane AEW PPV. The counter programming. Even announcements of new counter programming.

Especially after watching this ppv involving promotions from around the world, two of which are now being counter programed by WWE. I dont wanna continue to support this cheesy bad guy villain-of-a-company that is waging war upon the rest of the wrestling world. Especially when Im getting better creative and in ring from AEW.

Thanks for reading any or all of this! I feel super hyped about AEW. Forbidden Door was insane.