The biggest problem with AEW is Tony Kahn. He’s too focused wanting to be friends with the wrestlers rather then actually being a boss to said wrestlers
he trying to create Friendships when WWE Creates 2nd "Family" environment. They may not always agree but come bell time you know who the real boss is at the end of the day.
That’s really not his only issue. He also has little experience executing the roles he’s filling. A CEO’s job is to hire the best people for the job, not fulfill his hobby.
agree Sure. Getting along with your employees helps boosting morale and assuring healthy working environment. However. If you let them sit on your head, you're doomed to fail..
I mostly agree. I REALLY appreciate him trying, and he absolutely should stay the money man, but they really need a full-time "bad guy" GM. Someone to deliver the bad news and enforce the rules. I always got the impression that nobody backstage really knew who had the absolute final word on anything.
Also post punk they seem to still be wrapped in issues and they can't blame him anymore now they made a shoddy angle out of it? Almost a year after the fact? I feel bad for them at this point it really will be a make or break year. TV deals and ALL IN 2 looms. And I won't lie TNA has had my attention more than these guys, Sting leaving was like a chapter closing for them. A chapter that showered the front row in glass but hey ho.
The biggest difference between WWF/E and every other wrestling promotion that existed in the last 40 years is the structure of WWF/E. If you love him or hate him, Vince McMahon created a pro-wrestling model that runs like a well-oiled machine. If you can't establish this hierarchy, it's only a matter of time until it implodes.
Vince may be a horrible human who stuck to his guns far too often and became out of touch but at the end of the day he took wrestling to a height no one thought possible
I was at AEW Grand Slam in 2021 in New York City. 20,000-plus fans in an electric atmosphere. It really felt like we were watching the genesis of a real revolution in wrestling. A start of something truly magical. …yet now, here we are today. It went really, really wrong almost as fast as it went right.
it was Tony Khan he got too greedy and then let it all go to waste once he had full control. Originaly Cody & Bucks were leaving to WWE in 2019 after ALL OUT 2018, but Omega convniced them to join Khan who was going to buy out ROH but decided to just createa new company based on Cody's ALL OUT movment. TK started to push false narratives that cody would turn heel, that its a work, and Cody left. Really Khan just wanted him out of th eway because Cody was only person that could check him on storylines & booking. Then TK bough in Punk, all these NXT guys, and suddenly AEW felt more like NXT than old ROH/ Impact/New Japan cast originally intended. Once TK had full control after Cody left, and he regulated the EVP role, Khan just neglected the company like he neglects the Jaguars, Fullham , and then the roster imploded on itself. The writting was on wall, within 1 years when cody left that AEW would collapse on itself. The gensis was the ALL OUT 2018 movmeent , wimbley was a aresult of that. But without the original people who started & booked that movement, you had a manchild that was reaping off successes of that movement.
Yeah those were great time to tune into another wrestling company on the rise but I hate to see in a few years or so have a video documentary of the rise and fall of AEW.
@@theonce-ler7732I was at Arthur Ashe too and you're right, omega/Danielson is the main significant memory I have of the show, especially the running v trigger. Somehow, the last match we saw was dmd and ruby in an underwhelming rampage match. Show was great though. I had high hopes for aew but I stopped watching after they fumbled punk
One of the problems is that AEW has too many wrestlers and would rather in a lot of cases let contracts expire than just release the wrestlers that are barely used.
When they signed Bryan Danielson and then CM Punk, I thought they were really on to something big, but just a few months later Cody left and no one really knows what prompted his decision. It all began to go downhill from there and it is truly a huge shame
Cody saw the writing on the wall And who could blame em but vince Did give cody a truely amazing contract offer. And Aew Deranked cody and made em feel like he was nothing just usable and disposable he was one of the co owners at first than the elite took his place and that was the beginning of the end
Cody will never say why he left, but it's very convenient that it happens not too long after the influx of former WWE talent making their way into the AEW roster.
I heard a possible reason for Cody leaving was that Brandi’s (his wife’s) contract with the company wasn’t going to be renewed, and he was pissed about that.
Nah...Cody's overated. Lacks size and speed and his promos are come off as heavily scripted. LA Knight is more athletic bigger and has better mic skills.
Tony Khan should've focused on the toxic backstage happenings rather than what Vince had going on in WWE. It was always an uphill battle against WWE but Tony decided to tie his own feet together by not keeping up with his own company
One of the big problems is AEW hires wrestlers who are friends of the top guys in the promotion and they may not be that good but then they won’t let them go no matter what.
That’s true but they were already bring in friends of the young bucks, Kenny omega, Cody, and chris Jericho before he started signing WWE and WCW legends. As well as ex-wwe guys who didn’t thrive under Vince McMahon. Also running shows on the road isn’t helping either they should find a home base which they can run weekly shows from and build an audience like NXT does. Do there pay-per views on the road and maybe tape dynamite at the venue the pay-view is running out of which seems to work for other wrestling companies.
Yeah, and you get Jericho who seems to be determined to have a top level program with everyone these days because his ego won't let others take the top slot.
@@WrestlingCompilations Tony is like taking a fan and giving him money and the opportunity to run a promotion lol. Whereas Triple H knows the full spectrum being a former wrestler himself
And theres a reason they still call HHH the master of mind games hes still the game Hes been messing with Tony for a while now and tony is buying in to it hes letting WWE sucess get the better of him and taking to many shots at wwe instead of focusing on his own company and we have seen that in the last year
I’ve been watching wrestling since about 83-84 when I was a kid. I’ve seen a lot of peeks and valleys. AEW has a lot going for them. They are on a major network, the ppv’s pull in big numbers and they have a lot of talent. I don’t think it’s too late for them. First thing I’d do is book smaller arenas (once they’ve fulfilled the obligations for the bigger arenas they’ve already paid for) for tv, focus on good storytelling, enhance homegrown talent and perhaps cut some unused talent. I saw WCW and WWF rebound, hopefully they go that route instead of the AWA route
I feel like AEW backed it self in a corner so bad that it’s going to take a couple years to get back on track, maybe even longer. I agree with you on all the suggestions, especially storytelling. I noticed the storyline tends to go all over the place and even sometimes go unfinished for a while. It what turned me off to AEW, because it was too much to follow or lack of. Initially, I thought AEW leaned a lot more to spontaneous matches while WWE was more focused on storytelling. Cutting talents is another big one, a lot of unused talents won’t be happy but it be the first step in Tony Khan making a business decision if he wants to succeed. They have a decent time slot with it being on Wednesday but Friday Rampage is nearly pointless with it being only an hour AND having a time slot right after Smackdown makes it harder for viewers to stay interested. Personally, I would move it an hour before Smackdown starts and lengthen it to an hour and half. Rampage and Dynamite should both have some kind of main goal (hard to find the right word.). Like how at one point, Raw was the flagship show, which was home to big names of WWE, while SD was more filled with upcoming stars mixed with mega stars to help get them over and carry the show if needed. Dynamite could be more for storytelling, while rampage could be more match focus or tying up those loose ends before a PPV; it could from a promo segment to a star needing to win a high stake match before a major PPV.
I don't think AEW will ever die, but it is trending downwards. Even if they lose TV, Tony will finance a stripped down version as a smaller indy broadcast on the internet or FiteTV. He sadly doesn't care about making money because he is already a billionaire.
I hope AEW bounces back, because I want them to succeed and I still watch them and WWE. They need better storylines, characters, and wrestlers that can tell a story. Tony needs to be a leader not a follower, focus on wrestlers that we want to see and root for.
@@mrmeowpuss Oh God, I hope that isn't true. AEW is already a little too wrestling heavy as it is, especially since there are so many meaningless matches, and often with guys I don't want to see.
@@JMFSpike allegedly they want to be more like NJPW and focus more on ring. There is a market there but it’s a very niche one, if you want big audiences then bring more story/promo heavy is the way to go. It’s really just beyond poor management, you have JR who was one of the best talent relation guys not being utilized, Mark Henry who made an amazing talent scout also not being utilized and someone like Jericho who would probably be better off doing creative than in ring at this stage but instead Tony does it all..
Why does AEW have to beat WWE? Why can't it just be a promotion that appeals to a different audience, puts on hardcore stipulation matches and does more hardcore bumps than PG WWE does?
@@ass640but they have to bring in enough money for it to be profitable, and for the numbers to look good for the networks. People aren’t showing up for the shows, watching in large enough numbers, stuff like that. Plus the booking is atrocious. You got all these guys I like, but you put them in awfully booked storylines. I want a compelling match that is the culmination of a compelling story. I don’t want the Bucks spamming high impact moves that don’t mean anything just to pop their Fanboys and friends.
@@scoopspy3065After the gripebomb, being given his own show, then have a physical confrontation, I'm still surprised some people still want him with AEW
One big problem i have with AEW is that it feels extremely repetitive with surprises The "lights out" moment every week lost all of it's excitement, it feels like every show needs to have one
i think the biggest problem is every wrestler fkin no sell everyone lol every match i see people getting hit by a finishing move then pop back up like its nothing then proceed to doing more flips wtf they did it like 5+ times per match it looks very tiring and dumb like the match wont ever end
What sealed the deal for me about AEW's work culture was not the story behind Cody's WWE return or CM Punk's backstage stuff. It was William Regal's departure. The moment when most of the young, up and coming roster were not listening to a true legend and ring general who has been praised everywhere he has been, you just know that there is too much ego in that locker and surely, the higher-ups are allowing it to fester. It is as if Tony Khan is playing one big GM mode, only booking stuff for his top stars and discarding them once the star ratings are not 5 or above
Yeah he's not the only legend that has said that. Jungle boy has said he would never listen to Billy Gunn and others have said they just don't listen. It's just Indy wrestling
The fact that William regal dipped out from aew so fast says all about how bad aew truly is. He probably saw it as a failure or an organization doomed to fail so dipped out as soon as hhh.came into power.
AEW's biggest problems is it doesn't have the Longevity or Star Power WWE has, & unfortunately Tony Khan kept pushing AEW without having a soild footing by making more shows instead of building a Soild Fanbase. 🤷🏿♂️
he never put his all into certain wrestlers (wardlow, hobbs, archer, hangman) the good thing wwe did especially ruthless aggression, was use their established talents (taker, kane, hhh, hbk) push current guys (kurt angle, benoit, eddie, big show, rvd, booker t) and develop the future of their company (brock, cena, orton, batista, shelton, charlie hass, edge, rey). aew doesn’t seem to go all in with things like that unfortunately and just give up on talent midway through pushing them
I think a huge issue with AEW is that they don't stick to their homegrown talents. They'd rather just push indie guys to the moon over and over again and pay no attention to building new stars. The reason WWE succeeded for so long was that they kept their older guys relevant and used them to create new stars for the future. RA era is a prime example of that, as some of the biggest stars in WWE came from that era. AEW does not need old, established indy/ex-WWE talent. They need new blood. And they don't understand that.
2021 was there peak in my opinion . Bringing in Punk and Danielson , it really felt they had legit momentum behind them. But unfortunately they never got a proper Booker in . Tony Kahn is a terrible Booker and the way he handled the whole press conference incident was embarrassing quite frankly
Yikes, its even worse now. They released backstage footage from all in and poor Schiavone, after they released the footage he looked sad and disapointed
Tony Kahn is a huge part of the problem. He's trying to book 4 shows a week by himself (Dynamite, Rampage, Collision, and ROH) and NO ONE does that, even Vince had help. He needs some more people working with him behind the scenes to make these shows better. Another issue is his Twitter rants. He's fining talent for their social media posts but the worst of them all is him. The NXT/Dynamite head to head a few months ago is a prime example.
In a way, if i was him, i would lead. Find ways to grow audiences via well negotiated deals guaranteeing promotional campaigns on television outside of America in case of changes in executive leadership and focus on quality storylines, cooking them up, lifting restrictions on the women's division. Letting wrestlers go to make it less bloated. Have Ring of Honour be a sister promotion, but build up from subscription based viewing. There are so many things i can list.
AEW was actually doing well before Networks got involved, it felt more real & less like trying to impress Shareholders. Ironically AEW did it's Best Work during The Pandemic.
AEW will never have stars as big as Hogan, Andre, Flair, Undertaker, Stone Cold, The Rock, Kurt Angle, HBK, Cena, Lesnar, Roman, HHH, I mean AEW’s top guys can’t even reach the heights that most of WWE’s mid carders have reached.
@@davidparkes7741 he cannot come back he’s gonna be going to jail for money laundering that’s the reason why he left creative he didn’t leave creative by choice he left because he has so much issues with his money etc
The problem is AEW is not as big as WWE when they can just put roster exclusively on one show only. With its current state AEW can put talent every where to boost ratings. If they dont got some legitimate talent on each show that could bump the ratings , broadcast partners will be displeased. Example: when roman was the undisputed champ before WHC introduced yet
@@WrestlingCompilations TV deal wont like that because AEW cant build multiple split roster brand shows . Not enough star power imo. Well idk how will in 2024 could boost rating or not if he did than brand split could actually works. But for now not yet
@@WrestlingCompilationsNot really if they do a full blown brand split where there exclusive shows how would The World Title scene look for Collision will they make more titles how will PPVs look Tbh AEW isn’t big right now to do what your suggesting
@@joeyskywalker1322ROH World Title belongs to AEW, it can be the top title for Collision Only big problem is the women's division cause it isnt as stacked as the mens but they also have ROH's Women's title
I realize it’s so much bigger than one event or one person. That being said, it’s odd that AEW’s decline started near the time of Cody Rhodes’ departure. Guess he saw the writing on the wall….
I truly hope 2024 AEW can bounce back, i don’t think there gonna die but there definitely on a decline and has to do something quick, Cody leaving and Punk getting fired did NOT Help at all. AEW Peaked from Mid 2021 to Mid 2022
That path just got a little harder! Kenny Omega getting diagnosed and out for the foreseeable future. Can't say I enjoy his style of wrestling, but he was supposed to be a pillar AEW wanted to build around and losing him on top of Danielson sucks! And WWE is at it's best, when challenged by another promotion with ambitions!
Another of AEW's Biggest Problems is instead of building it own Superstars (Especially The Women) Hikaru Shida, Riho, Nyla Rose, Skye Blue they bring in former WWE stars who bury The AEW Originals. Tony Khan is literally burying his own brand. 🤦🏿♂️
@@policepolicepolice Those wrestlers been on the wwe roster for a very long time now compare to most recently. that's the decent and nowhere in my comment did i even mention wwe soooo.....
@@0fficialdregs because its crazy to criticize AEW for taking indie talent when WWE also does it, that's how you make homegrown talent, AEW and WWE wouldn't exist without taking growing names on the Indies.
@@policepolicepolice lmfao at least with WWE, they won't go parading to indie companies talking about partnering with them, only to raid their talent and never return to the delegate table. At least WWE will wait till their ideal wrestler's contract has ended before reaching out. I don't watch both companies but i have a deep dislike of the hypocrisy from aEW.
At this rate, Tony needs to step back, and seriously debate on what he needs to do to keep All Elite Wrestling afloat, because they lack the real star power and time WWE has been around. They will need to really pull a rabbit out of the hat to get some solid footing. Again to Wrestlelamia and everyone out there, have a happy and safe holiday.
I wanted to get involved and watch AEW because my interest in the WWE was no longer there when NXT rebranded in 2021. I felt the WWE was going down the toilet after NXT had re-branded in 2021, that period of 2015 to 2021 of NXT was the best thing the WWE had at the time. Also, guys like Adam Cole, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk had signed to AEW in the same time period which had me interested. Finding out that in order to watch AEW's PPV's along with there weekly shows, would require extra money needed in able to watch them live or to be replayed. That was a factor as to why I never watched AEW and had my interest gone, but also. It's no longer a surprise when an ex WWE wrestler signs with AEW. If AEW had a similar network to the WWE where weekly shows like Dynamite, Rampage and there PPVs where all included in one package without paying extra money. I would be watching AEW instead of WWE, but now Triple H has been in charge of creative for the past 18 months, I've been more invested and interested in what the WWE has been doing creatively
@@cephasdaka7279I respect your opinion but I really dont agree with it. Nxt is trash most of the roster are really just atlethes with 0 wrestling excerience along with some left over nxt uk stars and total failed main roster guys like Baron corbin with some additional already top tier stars like Becky Lynch that even to this day i still dont understand why she have won the nxt womens title. This nxt that got rebranded in 2021 is nothing compared with The nxt from 2012 right until 2021. As for Aew the business decisions are bad but the wrestling quality is really good except for the womens division that barely got any tv time. In most cases they got just 2 3 matches for the entire week with 7-10 minutes at max
One thing nobody talks about (and for good reasons tbh) is that in Latin America countries, AEW used to show in local TNT but AEW decided they would make more money is they moved all of it's programming to FITE TV, which meant if you wanna watch AEW, you have to pay for an AEW only subscription. What I mean by this is not only did they not try to expand their market, in some places, they're actually shrinking it
backstage drama, not pushing their big men, too much MJF, dismal womens division, losing Punk, not pushing house of black to the moon, Bryan Danielson still hasnt won a Belt, Wardlows push being a flop, too many titles, midcard mox, khan not having nuts to put a muzzle on all these rampant social media tantrums, too much tethering on the line of is it a work or kayfabe.......I can go on and on. i love AEW and their in ring production far outsines wwe but Khan needs to higher a legit booker general managers and creative. He has his hands in way too many bags and its all over the place and shows
AEW has transcended from old school tna to WCWv2.0, with only the destiny of collapsing worse than WCW to look forward to. The only coffin nails missing are the entrances of Dixie Carter and vince russo.
@@redred222”biggest cancer in pro wrestling history”. Yeah, one of the key figures of the most successful era in pro wrestling, the Attitude Era is a cancer to the business lmao. How does Tony’s nuts taste?
No. AEW is still the same as it was when it started. But because "teh boogyman" Vince is not involved with WWE anymore, now you want to change your tune? Eff off.
The problem is the story lines are poor, and the main stars you get to see once in a blue moon, so the audience isn't invested. What they need to do is split the roster between the shows and build fudes in the tournaments
Sad cause I really got into AEW for awhile too. I assumed all the drama was a work. Goes to show you, just cause you have endless checkbooks and are a huge wrestling fan, don't mean you know how to successfully run a wrestling program. People don't give Vince the credit he really deserves. I think he's one in a trillion persona and no one can do what he does decade in and decade out. Sure he's a little eccentric, but you need that.
vince did lose his ability the last 10 or so years before hhh got the helm of curative thats why wwe is starting to get popular again tony needs a head of curative and some writers to come up with story lines, cut back on the factions there are way too many of those and let the guys and girls go that are not happy and get rid either there friday or sat show they only need two shows
I think that's a gen Z thing. Millennials and Gen X know that Vince is a genius. Hell, just about every single person in the locker room from that time period had gone on record to say that too. You take a HoF class like Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton, Triple H, Shawn, Rey Mysterio, etc. etc. and they're all singing the praises of Vince, then that means Vince is a genius. Tony Khan....ehhh well not so much.
@@redred222he lost his creativity, that's true. But still they were getting record profits year after year when ratings were lowest. Even now it's just the perception that hhh is good. You can see that raw ratings are worse than what they were under vince. So, vince is a great businessman.
One of the issue that aew has is they have way too many titles. They have 4 sets of tag titles alone. They changed they women's title design has changed at least 4 times. Also half their roster is former wwe wrestlers. Nxt dominated aew on Wednesdays .quality > quantity
Seems to me AEW started loosing it once Cody Rhodes left. It just gets worse and worse. Some storylines but a bunch of matches with no meaning to very little.
Spent too much time obsessing over WWE and how to get one up on them. Bad ideas like constantly signing ex wwe wrestlers for cheap crowd pops and having no long-term plans for them and wonder why the talent are fed up and the locker room is toxic.
Pride sent AEW into decline. The Elite refusing to do business with CM Punk, losing Cody, and just terrible booking for the stars they acquired from WWE
Not sure if it can be considered sad as they lack the management and leadership required to succeed and do nothing about changing that. AEW love to cry and criticize WWE but having one person run the company to their taste only is the exact same mistake
It can go back but some stuff needs to change mainly actual writers instead if basically just TK doing it, TK being more of a boss than a friend, and toning down the WWE references alot maybe to one or 2 per year. AEW is basically at their or nearing their post Mankind winning the WWE championship phase that WCW was in which after they announced Mankind was winning the WWE championship on air WCW basically turned to dust in the Monday night wars. Don't get me wrong I enjoy AEW but it doesn't feel the same since it first started. Another issue could be that ever since Triple H took control of creative in WWE WWE basically got better.
Not too long ago wwe was in the same boat where they barely had people in arenas cause the creative was so bad until hunter took over. It's honestly sad to see aew decline like this and I hope aew gets better and the sooner Tony realizes that people aren't intrested anymore the more I hope he actually changes the company and makes it better but I doubt it
Yeah but just look at wwe’s arena sizes vs Aew I can’t wait for the day aew goes out of business they haven’t even put up any competition so wwe is still the same old company wrestling just inst good anymore man. All the wrestlers wrestle the same no one’s good on the mic every guy is skinny as sh*t…
@Jacksonk628 But their great in ring wrestlers regardless of size plus I don't agree with wanting them to be out the business at least their trying to be an alternative.
@@philipblaise5166 tony is nothing but a trust fund spoiled brat who’s daddy just happens to be pakistans richest man. He’s to worried about tweeting at people then actually doing anything good for the company. Just look at there exploding barbed wire deathmatch. He has all that money and that’s the best he could do? I felt bad for Moxley and Kingston at that point having to sell that… tony is a joke the only reason the company hasn’t went under yet is because he can literally just call his dad and get a million wired straight to his account there’s a reason they have a video game and action figure line I was wondering how they were doing All this then did a little bit of research on tony and everything started making sense. He’s a failure and his dad knows that but he wants to see his son happy so he just keeps letting him burn through money for a dying company that’s out of touch.
@@philipblaise5166 also tony needs to lay off the adderall or cocaine every interview his eyes are about to pop out of his head. He’s either really wired on adderall or coke or meth but he has an addiction. I don’t know what it is he’s addicted to but he definitely is on some sh*t.
Bret Hart said it best….the reason WCW didn’t last was because they didn’t have Vince McMahon. Say what you want about Vince, but he kept you watching.
@@Wrestlelamiathey've been needing to adjust tsince year 1 and it's been 4 years and things only get worse. This company has no hope with TK being in vhsrge of everything..he should've just financed and stepped back and let the wrestling minds of veterans like JR, and others takeover from booking to everything else.
@@Wrestlelamiayou're just pushing the aew hate narrative with these videos. The comments sections for all of your videos are wwe fans hoping and praying aew dies.
Long-time fan. Here are my thoughts: 1. The product went down several notches when CM Punk arrived. Yes, not what you were expecting to here. Once he joined, the show became much more promo heavy and it was jarring. MJF is part of the problem, even if he is top tier on the mic. Cody Rhodes was bad for this too. The show was best before these three dominated the mic. It felt like AEW was trying to match WWE and went away from what made them unique. 2.Dynamite was consistently good for a long time but had a bad spell which lasted about six months. Since then it's been solid but there are obviously problems outside of the match quality. 3. AEW can be the mecca of international wrestling and hard hitting matches. Featuring stars from around the world and styles as well. This is what makes AEW strong and unique. 4. Putting the priority on the wrong people. The factions era got stale and went on way too long. Not using Miro, Archer, etc more is criminal. And Big Bill being tossed across the ring by Hook is absolutely unbelievable and terrible. AEW has so many stars that it seems they cannot take many losses, and therefor don't get used at times. I think instead they should use their best wrestlers often and let them lose more, creating an overall stronger and more competitive and unpredictable environment. It is boring when all the matches are predictable and it's very feast or famine. A top tier NBA team still loses 20-30 games a year and wrestlers can be used this way too in such an elite roster.
AEW has a jealous, immature locker-room. When they had CM Punk they should have booked him to the moon but the execs (Youngbucks, Kenny Omega) were too jealous. Instead of thinking about their own glory, they should have thought about the company. Tony Kahn is just too inexperienced and the wrestlers take far too many risks with no apparent impact on stroryline. Eddie Kingston and the Youngbucks are good but NOT great! The Wardlow storyline was a missed opportunity as well as the use of Cody Rhodes, Miro and Andrade. Fingers are still crossed. We will see.
And thats why Vince is A legend he has shown how its done and litle Khan shows how is not. Vince has shown balls and has keep wwe alive for the last 40 years. AEW are spot monkeys and does everthing for a cheap reaction by non wrestling fans. WWE > TNA > AEW
AEW was good in 2021 but the issue is now WWE has improved significantly and Triple H running show beating AEW in almost all occasions. AEW was good against Vince but Tony Khan isn't running AEW very well.
@@WrestlingCompilationsbecause he was a wrestle. He also learn to manage pro wrestling bussines from his father in law. I heard that wwe superstar feels happy under triple h management. He even gave wwe superstar to take a leave in holiday season to give them spend a time with their family, something that vince couldnt give in his era. Thats how good boss triple h can be.
Why does AEW have to beat WWE? Why does it have to be bigger than WWE in your eyes to accomplish what it wants? It's a show that isn't PG, for a different audience, it's also a relatively young business trying to grow. Let it be, it's healthy competition, even if they're the little guys right now, its a different audience.
Papa Kahn will need to buy a television station so that AEW and ROH can have TV. As Tony doesn't know what he's doing and is demanding companies get both AEW and ROH on the same TV deal
Jokes aside. But he was one of the first ones to voice the concerns for lack of communication in aew. He got released via an e-mail and when he asked backstage, nobody seemed to know.
One thing nobody is talking about here. One element that aew does so horribly wrong now that it would turn off any serious fan. ALL their so called matches are 100% predictable before they even begin...> All of aew matches are as predictable as knowing the sun will shine the next day...> One guy/girl or team always wins and his/her/their opponents are either jobbers., part timers, or just people that NEVER WIN. Who the hell wants to invest in watching something they already know the results of? And that is just ONE thing they do wrong. There are TONS of other mistakes that ruin the product...> What about the horrible lack of variety of outcomes hmmm? In aew you have every match ending in either pin or submission. Again that is NOT interesting or suspenseful one bit...> You need unpredictability...> And for in-ring match quality, wwe is destroying them as well. There is NOTHING that would draw me or any real fans to watch aew other than just needing to watch some more wrasslin. If your standards are low and you feel the need to defend garbage that is NOT good wrestling, then by all means enjoy the inferior product for what it is and for the limited amount of time it has left before khan goes out of business...>
I never bothered with AEW because they never have any proper storylines. That it's hard to get invested long term with the show. The other issue with AEW (as well as pretty much majority of wrestling promotions out there) is that they opt to be some butthurt UFC wannabe as oppose to just be an entertaining show. On top of it feeling like all these promotions are run by dudes stuck in the 80s/90s and trying to figure out how to make the VHS tape popular again. About the only wrestling promotion I can think of that wasn't completely fallen in this trap is Women of Wrestling. Which feels like the only wrestling show that actually remembers it's a TV show and doesn't shy from it.
AEW has seen better days, but for anyone to say that the company is dead is delusional,I really hope they can bounce back. I'm not ready to go back to the days of a monopoly wrestling promotion
I quite literally told ya'll that AEW was never a threat to WWE, and that TK is an incompetent mark. It literally took 5 years, but it still happened🤣💯.
It was inevitable. I've spent the last 3 years laughing at all the wrong predictions from the marks. And still am. When Aew said they weren't going after casual fans, it was the beginning of the end
I think the problem is simply the bloom coming off the rose. They haven't really done much different, as the focus is almost entirely on matches with as little story as possible. AEW succeeded not because of anything Tony did, but because the core fanbase was tired of Vince's bad mid-2010s booking. When Vince was pushed out the first time, the fans stopped being as forgiving of AEW. Then we have the idiocy that led to CM Punk being pushed out of the company right as Vince was pushed out again, this time for good. Where are the "compelling characters" you speak of? Everything about AEW is matches with minimal story. Though maybe that's a good thing, as an elementary school-level story with MJF is ruining the Devil. Well, I tell a lie, one thing has changed. In the beginning, AEW was all about young and new talent. Now, they've fallen into the trap of being the WWE's retirement home. Why the hell is Ric Flair of all people there? And Adam Copeland? I love Edge as much as the next guy, but dude's there to get a check and play with Christian. Seems anyone who's available who has a name Tony's heard of is going to get offered millions, and that's not good business.
I would have had on the list: 2022 Back in 2021 Tony Khan was coming out every once in a while with a big announcement - like a special episode of Dynamite or he was going to announce a big new signing... Each time he did this it was to a big pop from the fans in attendance and the TV ratings would go up. It wasn't too long in to 2022 when Tony pretty much had a big announcement, a big return, a big signing, a big debut or it was a special episode of Dynamite week after week and fans could see the problem: it didn't really matter if he announced one of your favorites as his big new signing and "_____ is ALL ELITE" because he would go on to use them poorly (they show up, crowd gives big pop, they probably appear on the next 2 episodes of Dynamite and then they get put on the back burner because there've been other new signings since and he has to get back to his main roster). It'd be like if you celebrate time with a new girlfriend by marking your 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year anniversary - shows her you think she is special and it'll melt her heart... but if it was week after week and got to: "Honey, I know I said 46 was amazing, 45 was special, 44 was wowee and so on... but Happy 47th week anniversary!" she would think you are an idiot and going too far.
Depends on how long Tony’s dad wants to bankroll this. It’s speculated that AEW lost around $34-35 million dollars in 2023, and they’re on pace to produce a revenue a little over $100 million next year, so time will indeed tell
It's normal for businesses to lose a lot of money when trying new risky things, they do not and will not care about making a few losses early on. They've managed to get their flagship PPV to Wembley stadium, that's better than WCW or ECW ever did already. @@robdurfee6861
AEW has found itself becoming what it always stood against. Campy and childish comedy bits, bad storylines, senseless injuries, too many gimmick matches, not booking talent correctly and over exposure on other talent.
I can't fathom what MJF and Osprey were thinking when they resigned/signed on to a sinking ship. Both of them are phenomenal talents that have dream matches waiting for them in WWE.
@@arnoldmendoza1674 I can understand the hesitation if things were still in the Vince era, but that ship has sailed and HHH has proven for the most part he knows what to do (obviously there are a few exceptions, Karrion Kross being one of them).
Ospreay signed to get free money and live in England, he knows Tony is easy to take advantage of. He has the mindset of the Bucks or even Kevin Nash, he doesn't care about traditional wrestling just the payout
I think AEW struggles to build sustainable stars in its own Universe, especially on the women' side. WWE's Britt Baker would've got every chance in the world to be its own super-superstar. Instead, she doesn't get consistent exposure to br ehat she could've been. Maxwell could've sided with other wrestlers in storylines to get his career better on a long term, at a The Rock, Hogan or Cena level. Instead, he gets to be everybody's enemy. Not sustainable long-term. To summarize, AEW has a deep roster, but they don't know what to do with them, long-term. And that will hurt the company down the strretch. (Don't let TK be a pale copy of McMahon, too) Plus, assuming it's only coincidental, but Triple H getting full creative control of the E and what he's doing with it, it hurts All Elite, a lot.
I really liked AEW in the beginning. It positioned itself very clever between WWE and Indie-Wrestling, which gave it a very distinct feeling. It had also a good mix of established and fresh talents. In the last 1-2 years they tried too hard to be like WWE, had too many title-belts and shows. In addition there was some weird booking. The handling of ROH was also very poor. I think they should have kept ROH completely apart from AEW and when you have these crossovers it actually feels special. I think it can become a good product again but it requires some hard decisions. Focus only on Dynamite (dump the rest), make ROH it's own thing with very few AEW crossovers (and if they can't, just sell ROH), reduce the amount of title-belts and bring back that healthy mix of young and "old" talents.
Seeing that AEW is losing money, getting declined, introducing more PPV-s, travelling to Europe all at the same time, it doesn't make any sense to me. Either your sources are very bad or Tony Khan is doing something very bad. Only time will tell I guess, TNA didn't colapsed within 1 year neither.
I still enjoy AEW more than wwe, but wwe has a legacy of many decades and nobody will ever knock them off that perch. Any other promotion will always be stuck as #2. Tony needs to stop worrying about wwe and just make a good show the aew fans like
I think it is fair to say that given how WWE has a long legacy of eating the competition, commentators will make videos with titles like these. Still, it's far too early to judge AEW as in decline. The wrestling is SOLID. And agreed, it needs work in the entertainment/story department where WWE has always flourished. But wrestling is greater with strong competition, and so far AEW has proven to be a strong competitor. (Side note: CM Punk sounds crazy difficult to work with and AEW proved he wasn't bigger than the brand. That takes balls if you consider the fans' response since his WWE return).
I think AEW issue is PPVs the cost is inasane so many fans cant watch ppv where wwe fans can watch all ppv for low cost. When people miss out on storyline payoffs at ppv they lose interest in story buildup if fans cant afford to watch big payoff at ppv
I think this video is premature. AEW isn't doing bad with it's key big storyline right now and the tourney is going well. The real bell weather event will be All In 2, everyone and their Uncle says they can't repeat those numbers, well let's wait and see. Collision isn't doing bad, it's very watchable....almost as much as the flagship. Crowds go up and down, areas get played out and then rebound. I see three major problems in AEW, Rampage is awful, improve it (unused talent?) or close it down. Second is mass retirement of top tier people they rely on. Sting, Christian, Edge, very possibly the Bucks, Moxley will be done soon, Danielson is done, it's going to hurt. And third, get a U.S. based streamer....$50 was okay at 4 PPV shows a year, but adding more? WAY too much to ask.
AEW looks like the new TNA. Probably we’ll hear Cody Rhodes saying “I heard that AEW is hiring” sometime in the future, just like how Kurt Angle mentioned TNA in WWE.
if AEW wants to bounce back, they need someone who can actually be a DAMN BOSS not some guy wearing a suit being starstruck seeing his favorite wrestler. The fact that in the past few days in WWE Randy Orton, R-Truth and CM Punk all came back was a very big stick they swung at AEW with massive effect. Additionally the story lines are better than some random "pick it up" feuds in AEW.
I’m not here to make money, I’m here to make friends - Tony Khan
It makes us wonder if Punk's line was a shot at TK's mindset when running AEW.
@StormyDomainpretty sure he was flipping Punks words to mock TK
Genius comment!
😂😂😂
He has no friends 😂💳........👃
The biggest problem with AEW is Tony Kahn. He’s too focused wanting to be friends with the wrestlers rather then actually being a boss to said wrestlers
he trying to create Friendships when WWE Creates 2nd "Family" environment. They may not always agree but come bell time you know who the real boss is at the end of the day.
That’s really not his only issue. He also has little experience executing the roles he’s filling. A CEO’s job is to hire the best people for the job, not fulfill his hobby.
agree
Sure. Getting along with your employees helps boosting morale and assuring healthy working environment.
However. If you let them sit on your head, you're doomed to fail..
I mostly agree. I REALLY appreciate him trying, and he absolutely should stay the money man, but they really need a full-time "bad guy" GM. Someone to deliver the bad news and enforce the rules. I always got the impression that nobody backstage really knew who had the absolute final word on anything.
Agreed,he is their boss,not there friend.
It seems wrestlemania40 put the last nail on aew's coffin...
Didn't help that's for sure, Mania 40 was pretty darn good
Also post punk they seem to still be wrapped in issues and they can't blame him anymore now they made a shoddy angle out of it? Almost a year after the fact?
I feel bad for them at this point it really will be a make or break year.
TV deals and ALL IN 2 looms.
And I won't lie TNA has had my attention more than these guys, Sting leaving was like a chapter closing for them.
A chapter that showered the front row in glass but hey ho.
And yet AEW turns six years old on January of 2025. How do you like them apples?
The biggest difference between WWF/E and every other wrestling promotion that existed in the last 40 years is the structure of WWF/E. If you love him or hate him, Vince McMahon created a pro-wrestling model that runs like a well-oiled machine. If you can't establish this hierarchy, it's only a matter of time until it implodes.
Vince may be a horrible human who stuck to his guns far too often and became out of touch but at the end of the day he took wrestling to a height no one thought possible
You're defending a literal predator and rapist but ok. Weirdo
I was at AEW Grand Slam in 2021 in New York City. 20,000-plus fans in an electric atmosphere. It really felt like we were watching the genesis of a real revolution in wrestling. A start of something truly magical.
…yet now, here we are today. It went really, really wrong almost as fast as it went right.
it was Tony Khan he got too greedy and then let it all go to waste once he had full control.
Originaly Cody & Bucks were leaving to WWE in 2019 after ALL OUT 2018, but Omega convniced them to join Khan who was going to buy out ROH but decided to just createa new company based on Cody's ALL OUT movment.
TK started to push false narratives that cody would turn heel, that its a work, and Cody left. Really Khan just wanted him out of th eway because Cody was only person that could check him on storylines & booking.
Then TK bough in Punk, all these NXT guys, and suddenly AEW felt more like NXT than old ROH/ Impact/New Japan cast originally intended.
Once TK had full control after Cody left, and he regulated the EVP role, Khan just neglected the company like he neglects the Jaguars, Fullham , and then the roster imploded on itself.
The writting was on wall, within 1 years when cody left that AEW would collapse on itself.
The gensis was the ALL OUT 2018 movmeent , wimbley was a aresult of that.
But without the original people who started & booked that movement, you had a manchild that was reaping off successes of that movement.
Yeah those were great time to tune into another wrestling company on the rise but I hate to see in a few years or so have a video documentary of the rise and fall of AEW.
Remember the main event of that show? Me neither. It wasn’t Omega/Danielson, the only thing it should have been.
@@theonce-ler7732I was at Arthur Ashe too and you're right, omega/Danielson is the main significant memory I have of the show, especially the running v trigger. Somehow, the last match we saw was dmd and ruby in an underwhelming rampage match. Show was great though. I had high hopes for aew but I stopped watching after they fumbled punk
The blame 100 percent on EVPs and management.
One of the problems is that AEW has too many wrestlers and would rather in a lot of cases let contracts expire than just release the wrestlers that are barely used.
Funnily enough, Kahn shot himself in the foot by stating he would never mass release wrestlers because they're all a "family" in AEW.
You’re preaching to the choir
I died when it came out that he didn't even fire Marko stunt. Tony just ghosted him 😂
Tony doesn’t have a clue @@buttholeweeb621
I agree, there are too many people.
AEW greatest peak was in 2019 - 2020 lets be honest . Tony Khan only wants to be friend instead of being boss
2019-2022
@@KadeemG61no😂😂😂
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2021-2022 AEW was untouchable now it sucks
@@KadeemG61 2022 was a hit or miss for them, Punk scram said it all
When they signed Bryan Danielson and then CM Punk, I thought they were really on to something big, but just a few months later Cody left and no one really knows what prompted his decision. It all began to go downhill from there and it is truly a huge shame
Cody saw the writing on the wall And who could blame em but vince Did give cody a truely amazing contract offer. And Aew Deranked cody and made em feel like he was nothing just usable and disposable he was one of the co owners at first than the elite took his place and that was the beginning of the end
@@Romanreigns-w8k yup, that’s pretty accurate
Cody will never say why he left, but it's very convenient that it happens not too long after the influx of former WWE talent making their way into the AEW roster.
Cody realized he could never be as big of a star as he wanted in AEW because they were always going to be a glorified indie promotion.
I heard a possible reason for Cody leaving was that Brandi’s (his wife’s) contract with the company wasn’t going to be renewed, and he was pissed about that.
AEW not Making an On-Screen Feud between CM Punk & The Elite was The Dumbest Thing they ever Did. That was a definite Money Feud
No it wasn't CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THE ELITE. They don't belong in this business everything they do is awful.
Exactly had this been WWE they would've had this storyline going on for at least two years
@@retronerds6884 🎯🎯the Mark these guys are how did they not learn from HBK vs Bret feud
The bucks didn't want to work with him
@@san12Xdo you think that's not part of the problem the wrestler's have too much power , and not one person in charge
When Cody left it was the beginning of the downfall
AEW was ALWAYS trash
@@AlphariusDominatusNot even close to true.
@@stu_gibson100% true. Aew was always pure utter trash
@@LottaLouiethe first ppv was good
Nah...Cody's overated. Lacks size and speed and his promos are come off as heavily scripted. LA Knight is more athletic bigger and has better mic skills.
Tony Khan should've focused on the toxic backstage happenings rather than what Vince had going on in WWE. It was always an uphill battle against WWE but Tony decided to tie his own feet together by not keeping up with his own company
Bobby fish and hangman shooting on punk really caused all the problems in aew.
One of the big problems is AEW hires wrestlers who are friends of the top guys in the promotion and they may not be that good but then they won’t let them go no matter what.
And they keep bringing in ex-WWE legends and those who were just released
That’s true but they were already bring in friends of the young bucks, Kenny omega, Cody, and chris Jericho before he started signing WWE and WCW legends. As well as ex-wwe guys who didn’t thrive under Vince McMahon. Also running shows on the road isn’t helping either they should find a home base which they can run weekly shows from and build an audience like NXT does. Do there pay-per views on the road and maybe tape dynamite at the venue the pay-view is running out of which seems to work for other wrestling companies.
@@archangel2015 You're right
young bucks are the problem and tony that cant learn lyrics and must read from paper looking like a frog
Yeah, and you get Jericho who seems to be determined to have a top level program with everyone these days because his ego won't let others take the top slot.
Tony's ego and lack of experience is the cause of all of this
Cody saw the writing on the wall and I'm sure that's why he left to go back to WWE
You're right regarding experience. In comparison, Triple H knows a lot more about the wrestling business than Tony Khan does
@@WrestlingCompilations Tony is like taking a fan and giving him money and the opportunity to run a promotion lol. Whereas Triple H knows the full spectrum being a former wrestler himself
And theres a reason they still call HHH the master of mind games hes still the game Hes been messing with Tony for a while now and tony is buying in to it hes letting WWE sucess get the better of him and taking to many shots at wwe instead of focusing on his own company and we have seen that in the last year
@@keejay12yep Many people like us questioned that at first But now it's clear why he did it And it was the best decision he made
3 months later, and this is more relevant then ever with AEW....
I’ve been watching wrestling since about 83-84 when I was a kid. I’ve seen a lot of peeks and valleys. AEW has a lot going for them. They are on a major network, the ppv’s pull in big numbers and they have a lot of talent. I don’t think it’s too late for them. First thing I’d do is book smaller arenas (once they’ve fulfilled the obligations for the bigger arenas they’ve already paid for) for tv, focus on good storytelling, enhance homegrown talent and perhaps cut some unused talent. I saw WCW and WWF rebound, hopefully they go that route instead of the AWA route
I feel like AEW backed it self in a corner so bad that it’s going to take a couple years to get back on track, maybe even longer. I agree with you on all the suggestions, especially storytelling. I noticed the storyline tends to go all over the place and even sometimes go unfinished for a while. It what turned me off to AEW, because it was too much to follow or lack of. Initially, I thought AEW leaned a lot more to spontaneous matches while WWE was more focused on storytelling.
Cutting talents is another big one, a lot of unused talents won’t be happy but it be the first step in Tony Khan making a business decision if he wants to succeed. They have a decent time slot with it being on Wednesday but Friday Rampage is nearly pointless with it being only an hour AND having a time slot right after Smackdown makes it harder for viewers to stay interested. Personally, I would move it an hour before Smackdown starts and lengthen it to an hour and half. Rampage and Dynamite should both have some kind of main goal (hard to find the right word.). Like how at one point, Raw was the flagship show, which was home to big names of WWE, while SD was more filled with upcoming stars mixed with mega stars to help get them over and carry the show if needed. Dynamite could be more for storytelling, while rampage could be more match focus or tying up those loose ends before a PPV; it could from a promo segment to a star needing to win a high stake match before a major PPV.
Problem is he wants to book a NJPW style of show with no storytelling. Hence the tournament nobody asked for that's gonna crown ANOTHER champion.
I don't think AEW will ever die, but it is trending downwards. Even if they lose TV, Tony will finance a stripped down version as a smaller indy broadcast on the internet or FiteTV. He sadly doesn't care about making money because he is already a billionaire.
everything dies, especially aew @@RueTV
@@DundaMifflin Alright then.
I hope AEW bounces back, because I want them to succeed and I still watch them and WWE. They need better storylines, characters, and wrestlers that can tell a story. Tony needs to be a leader not a follower, focus on wrestlers that we want to see and root for.
They allegedly fired Kevin Sullivan as they want to focus on in ring and move away from stories lol
@@mrmeowpuss to be honest that's a bad move
@@mrmeowpuss Oh God, I hope that isn't true. AEW is already a little too wrestling heavy as it is, especially since there are so many meaningless matches, and often with guys I don't want to see.
@@TyMarshall007 definitely is
@@JMFSpike allegedly they want to be more like NJPW and focus more on ring. There is a market there but it’s a very niche one, if you want big audiences then bring more story/promo heavy is the way to go.
It’s really just beyond poor management, you have JR who was one of the best talent relation guys not being utilized, Mark Henry who made an amazing talent scout also not being utilized and someone like Jericho who would probably be better off doing creative than in ring at this stage but instead Tony does it all..
It's been more than 50 years and no wrestling company has beaten WWE, WCW came so close and lost
WCW only beat themselves thanks to Hogan & NWO
that is the exact same thing aew is doing with Tony Khan is doing the difference is Aew has never beaten wwe
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Why does AEW have to beat WWE? Why can't it just be a promotion that appeals to a different audience, puts on hardcore stipulation matches and does more hardcore bumps than PG WWE does?
@@ass640but they have to bring in enough money for it to be profitable, and for the numbers to look good for the networks. People aren’t showing up for the shows, watching in large enough numbers, stuff like that. Plus the booking is atrocious. You got all these guys I like, but you put them in awfully booked storylines. I want a compelling match that is the culmination of a compelling story. I don’t want the Bucks spamming high impact moves that don’t mean anything just to pop their Fanboys and friends.
@@tamzidmohsinkhan3333to be fair Hogan and the nwo is what gave them the lead in the first place
AEW had the world in a chokehole in 2021 but couldn't keep the momentum going after All Out 2022
The whole world in a chokehole? That's the ultimate technique.
Getting rid of CM punk was AEW's biggest mistake
@@scoopspy3065After the gripebomb, being given his own show, then have a physical confrontation, I'm still surprised some people still want him with AEW
I don't think barley keeping up with NXT is putting the world in a choke hold. More like it was existing and people might have noticed it.
@@one-wingedangel5107lol his video draw the last 800k that aew ever got.
One big problem i have with AEW is that it feels extremely repetitive with surprises
The "lights out" moment every week lost all of it's excitement, it feels like every show needs to have one
i think the biggest problem is every wrestler fkin no sell everyone lol
every match i see people getting hit by a finishing move then pop back up like its nothing then proceed to doing more flips wtf
they did it like 5+ times per match it looks very tiring and dumb like the match wont ever end
What sealed the deal for me about AEW's work culture was not the story behind Cody's WWE return or CM Punk's backstage stuff. It was William Regal's departure.
The moment when most of the young, up and coming roster were not listening to a true legend and ring general who has been praised everywhere he has been, you just know that there is too much ego in that locker and surely, the higher-ups are allowing it to fester.
It is as if Tony Khan is playing one big GM mode, only booking stuff for his top stars and discarding them once the star ratings are not 5 or above
Yeah he's not the only legend that has said that. Jungle boy has said he would never listen to Billy Gunn and others have said they just don't listen. It's just Indy wrestling
Player politics runs in AEW
The fact that William regal dipped out from aew so fast says all about how bad aew truly is. He probably saw it as a failure or an organization doomed to fail so dipped out as soon as hhh.came into power.
AEW's biggest problems is it doesn't have the Longevity or Star Power WWE has, & unfortunately Tony Khan kept pushing AEW without having a soild footing by making more shows instead of building a Soild Fanbase. 🤷🏿♂️
Straight Facts Man
All too true indeed
he never put his all into certain wrestlers (wardlow, hobbs, archer, hangman) the good thing wwe did especially ruthless aggression, was use their established talents (taker, kane, hhh, hbk) push current guys (kurt angle, benoit, eddie, big show, rvd, booker t) and develop the future of their company (brock, cena, orton, batista, shelton, charlie hass, edge, rey). aew doesn’t seem to go all in with things like that unfortunately and just give up on talent midway through pushing them
I do agree with this comment
I think a huge issue with AEW is that they don't stick to their homegrown talents. They'd rather just push indie guys to the moon over and over again and pay no attention to building new stars. The reason WWE succeeded for so long was that they kept their older guys relevant and used them to create new stars for the future. RA era is a prime example of that, as some of the biggest stars in WWE came from that era.
AEW does not need old, established indy/ex-WWE talent. They need new blood. And they don't understand that.
2021 was there peak in my opinion . Bringing in Punk and Danielson , it really felt they had legit momentum behind them. But unfortunately they never got a proper Booker in . Tony Kahn is a terrible Booker and the way he handled the whole press conference incident was embarrassing quite frankly
Yikes, its even worse now. They released backstage footage from all in and poor Schiavone, after they released the footage he looked sad and disapointed
Tony Kahn is a huge part of the problem. He's trying to book 4 shows a week by himself (Dynamite, Rampage, Collision, and ROH) and NO ONE does that, even Vince had help. He needs some more people working with him behind the scenes to make these shows better.
Another issue is his Twitter rants. He's fining talent for their social media posts but the worst of them all is him. The NXT/Dynamite head to head a few months ago is a prime example.
In a way, if i was him, i would lead. Find ways to grow audiences via well negotiated deals guaranteeing promotional campaigns on television outside of America in case of changes in executive leadership and focus on quality storylines, cooking them up, lifting restrictions on the women's division. Letting wrestlers go to make it less bloated. Have Ring of Honour be a sister promotion, but build up from subscription based viewing. There are so many things i can list.
He has a committee
Their downfall was trying to head to head with WWE
As soon as they started handing out guaranteed contracts (like WCW once did) I knew exactly where this company was going.
There is like 74 wrestlers that need to go asap
WWE also has guaranteed contracts
The company started to change when cody left.
😂😂😂
It was then I realize theres something wrong if the CEO of AEW excused himself from AEW and went back to WWE 😅
No the company was always bad even when cody was there
As well as Jade Cargill.
Punk leaving actually hurt them more
AEW was actually doing well before Networks got involved, it felt more real & less like trying to impress Shareholders. Ironically AEW did it's Best Work during The Pandemic.
There's no shareholders they were on network tv from the beginning
AEW is like when you let internet marks book a wrestling promotion
spot on
AEW will never have stars as big as Hogan, Andre, Flair, Undertaker, Stone Cold, The Rock, Kurt Angle, HBK, Cena, Lesnar, Roman, HHH, I mean AEW’s top guys can’t even reach the heights that most of WWE’s mid carders have reached.
Even MVP and Kennedy are much better than top guys of AEW
AEW was only successful because Vince McMahon was cratering the WWE. The second Triple H took over creative, AEW was doomed.
Pretty much, yeah. Let's hope Vince doesn't try another comeback, lol.
@@davidparkes7741 he cannot come back he’s gonna be going to jail for money laundering that’s the reason why he left creative he didn’t leave creative by choice he left because he has so much issues with his money etc
AEW was ALWAYS trash. Stupid marks.
@@TheyluvAsiaEllis It wasn't money...
I think Dynamite & Collision should be its own entity like RAW & Smackdown with its own set wrestlers while Rampage could be like an NXT
The problem is AEW is not as big as WWE when they can just put roster exclusively on one show only. With its current state AEW can put talent every where to boost ratings. If they dont got some legitimate talent on each show that could bump the ratings , broadcast partners will be displeased. Example: when roman was the undisputed champ before WHC introduced yet
A brand split in AEW should actually work
@@WrestlingCompilations TV deal wont like that because AEW cant build multiple split roster brand shows . Not enough star power imo. Well idk how will in 2024 could boost rating or not if he did than brand split could actually works. But for now not yet
@@WrestlingCompilationsNot really if they do a full blown brand split where there exclusive shows how would The World Title scene look for Collision will they make more titles how will PPVs look Tbh AEW isn’t big right now to do what your suggesting
@@joeyskywalker1322ROH World Title belongs to AEW, it can be the top title for Collision
Only big problem is the women's division cause it isnt as stacked as the mens but they also have ROH's Women's title
AEW can still succeed but it seems right now, there are so many missing parts. Everything feels very scattered.
@nero48Tony is an idiot mark who cant lead.
I realize it’s so much bigger than one event or one person. That being said, it’s odd that AEW’s decline started near the time of Cody Rhodes’ departure. Guess he saw the writing on the wall….
I truly hope 2024 AEW can bounce back, i don’t think there gonna die but there definitely on a decline and has to do something quick, Cody leaving and Punk getting fired did NOT Help at all.
AEW Peaked from Mid 2021 to Mid 2022
That path just got a little harder!
Kenny Omega getting diagnosed and out for the foreseeable future.
Can't say I enjoy his style of wrestling, but he was supposed to be a pillar AEW wanted to build around and losing him on top of Danielson sucks!
And WWE is at it's best, when challenged by another promotion with ambitions!
Another of AEW's Biggest Problems is instead of building it own Superstars (Especially The Women) Hikaru Shida, Riho, Nyla Rose, Skye Blue they bring in former WWE stars who bury The AEW Originals. Tony Khan is literally burying his own brand. 🤦🏿♂️
and the women you mention were already growing names on the indies.
@@0fficialdregs most of wwe's wrestlers today was growing names on the Indies at some point, I don't get your point.
@@policepolicepolice Those wrestlers been on the wwe roster for a very long time now compare to most recently. that's the decent and nowhere in my comment did i even mention wwe soooo.....
@@0fficialdregs because its crazy to criticize AEW for taking indie talent when WWE also does it, that's how you make homegrown talent, AEW and WWE wouldn't exist without taking growing names on the Indies.
@@policepolicepolice lmfao at least with WWE, they won't go parading to indie companies talking about partnering with them, only to raid their talent and never return to the delegate table. At least WWE will wait till their ideal wrestler's contract has ended before reaching out.
I don't watch both companies but i have a deep dislike of the hypocrisy from aEW.
At this rate, Tony needs to step back, and seriously debate on what he needs to do to keep All Elite Wrestling afloat, because they lack the real star power and time WWE has been around.
They will need to really pull a rabbit out of the hat to get some solid footing.
Again to Wrestlelamia and everyone out there, have a happy and safe holiday.
I wanted to get involved and watch AEW because my interest in the WWE was no longer there when NXT rebranded in 2021. I felt the WWE was going down the toilet after NXT had re-branded in 2021, that period of 2015 to 2021 of NXT was the best thing the WWE had at the time.
Also, guys like Adam Cole, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk had signed to AEW in the same time period which had me interested. Finding out that in order to watch AEW's PPV's along with there weekly shows, would require extra money needed in able to watch them live or to be replayed. That was a factor as to why I never watched AEW and had my interest gone, but also. It's no longer a surprise when an ex WWE wrestler signs with AEW.
If AEW had a similar network to the WWE where weekly shows like Dynamite, Rampage and there PPVs where all included in one package without paying extra money. I would be watching AEW instead of WWE, but now Triple H has been in charge of creative for the past 18 months, I've been more invested and interested in what the WWE has been doing creatively
And now look at NXT, WWE did an absolutely correct thing with rebranding, they can create Stars from scratch in there own image.
@@cephasdaka7279I respect your opinion but I really dont agree with it. Nxt is trash most of the roster are really just atlethes with 0 wrestling excerience along with some left over nxt uk stars and total failed main roster guys like Baron corbin with some additional already top tier stars like Becky Lynch that even to this day i still dont understand why she have won the nxt womens title. This nxt that got rebranded in 2021 is nothing compared with The nxt from 2012 right until 2021. As for Aew the business decisions are bad but the wrestling quality is really good except for the womens division that barely got any tv time. In most cases they got just 2 3 matches for the entire week with 7-10 minutes at max
@@robertvisa94 you know what building from scratch means right, if not then it's fine
One thing nobody talks about (and for good reasons tbh) is that in Latin America countries, AEW used to show in local TNT but AEW decided they would make more money is they moved all of it's programming to FITE TV, which meant if you wanna watch AEW, you have to pay for an AEW only subscription. What I mean by this is not only did they not try to expand their market, in some places, they're actually shrinking it
Thank you for mentioning how TK fumbled Wardlow. I still haven’t forgiven him for that.
Him , Keith Lee and Powerhouse Hobbs
Big men who clearly was over with fans and TK ignored it and devalued their push
I also blame the Bucks for that
@@flashfunk0373 I hate those goofs with passion
@@flashfunk0373lol people tune out when they are on tv
backstage drama, not pushing their big men, too much MJF, dismal womens division, losing Punk, not pushing house of black to the moon, Bryan Danielson still hasnt won a Belt, Wardlows push being a flop, too many titles, midcard mox, khan not having nuts to put a muzzle on all these rampant social media tantrums, too much tethering on the line of is it a work or kayfabe.......I can go on and on. i love AEW and their in ring production far outsines wwe but Khan needs to higher a legit booker general managers and creative. He has his hands in way too many bags and its all over the place and shows
that Wardlow push is embarrassing lmfao
Well if AEW aspire to be the new WCW. They got it.
Yeah the comparisons are noticeable
They're ending would probably be worse.
it will be worse If AEW has a show with an empty arena there dead
@@Romanreigns-w8k that might happen soon.
Don't worry the Kahns have plenty of money, won't go bankrupt like WCW and ECW did. Sorry to burst your bubble bro. @@jmferr2011
The aew fans are angry in the comments😭😭
I gave up after they fired Punk (in favor of Jack freakin' Perry) and the one good thing they had going, Collision, went to the sewer.
Here faster then AEW’s decline
than*
AEW has transcended from old school tna to WCWv2.0, with only the destiny of collapsing worse than WCW to look forward to. The only coffin nails missing are the entrances of Dixie Carter and vince russo.
he better not ever sign russo the biggest cancer in pro wrestling history
AEW firing Punk is equivalent to WCW firing Steve Austin, and WWE picks up the fired wrestler and made gold. History is literally repeating for WWE.
@@Luffy_Alit really isn't
@@redred222”biggest cancer in pro wrestling history”. Yeah, one of the key figures of the most successful era in pro wrestling, the Attitude Era is a cancer to the business lmao. How does Tony’s nuts taste?
@@flashfunk0373 lol i dont like aew or tony but russio killed everything he touched
AEW then: All Elite Wrestling
AEW now: all ECW 2010 wrestling
No its wcw 2000/TNA always has been. TK is a clueless Mark
No. AEW is still the same as it was when it started.
But because "teh boogyman" Vince is not involved with WWE anymore, now you want to change your tune?
Eff off.
Atleast Tony Khan has no sexual allegations to his name, compared to Vince & his coverup at WWE
Ill give you that but vince has nothing to do with the wwe now.
I see your point tho
The problem is the story lines are poor, and the main stars you get to see once in a blue moon, so the audience isn't invested.
What they need to do is split the roster between the shows and build fudes in the tournaments
Sad cause I really got into AEW for awhile too. I assumed all the drama was a work. Goes to show you, just cause you have endless checkbooks and are a huge wrestling fan, don't mean you know how to successfully run a wrestling program. People don't give Vince the credit he really deserves. I think he's one in a trillion persona and no one can do what he does decade in and decade out. Sure he's a little eccentric, but you need that.
vince did lose his ability the last 10 or so years before hhh got the helm of curative thats why wwe is starting to get popular again tony needs a head of curative and some writers to come up with story lines, cut back on the factions there are way too many of those and let the guys and girls go that are not happy and get rid either there friday or sat show they only need two shows
I think that's a gen Z thing. Millennials and Gen X know that Vince is a genius. Hell, just about every single person in the locker room from that time period had gone on record to say that too. You take a HoF class like Undertaker, Kane, Randy Orton, Triple H, Shawn, Rey Mysterio, etc. etc. and they're all singing the praises of Vince, then that means Vince is a genius. Tony Khan....ehhh well not so much.
@@redred222he lost his creativity, that's true. But still they were getting record profits year after year when ratings were lowest. Even now it's just the perception that hhh is good. You can see that raw ratings are worse than what they were under vince. So, vince is a great businessman.
@@ananyaraizada7657facts, even CM Punk couldn’t save em
If the drama was a work I ask u this Who would've benefitted from it? Even a toddler can see that wasn't a work
One of the issue that aew has is they have way too many titles. They have 4 sets of tag titles alone.
They changed they women's title design has changed at least 4 times.
Also half their roster is former wwe wrestlers.
Nxt dominated aew on Wednesdays .quality > quantity
Yeah they should just have three. World, mid card, and tag team titles.
Completely agree as Mick foley once said if you don’t have a title there is something wrong with you. Law of diminishing returns.
Seems to me AEW started loosing it once Cody Rhodes left. It just gets worse and worse. Some storylines but a bunch of matches with no meaning to very little.
Spent too much time obsessing over WWE and how to get one up on them. Bad ideas like constantly signing ex wwe wrestlers for cheap crowd pops and having no long-term plans for them and wonder why the talent are fed up and the locker room is toxic.
Pride sent AEW into decline. The Elite refusing to do business with CM Punk, losing Cody, and just terrible booking for the stars they acquired from WWE
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Not sure if it can be considered sad as they lack the management and leadership required to succeed and do nothing about changing that.
AEW love to cry and criticize WWE but having one person run the company to their taste only is the exact same mistake
It can go back but some stuff needs to change mainly actual writers instead if basically just TK doing it, TK being more of a boss than a friend, and toning down the WWE references alot maybe to one or 2 per year. AEW is basically at their or nearing their post Mankind winning the WWE championship phase that WCW was in which after they announced Mankind was winning the WWE championship on air WCW basically turned to dust in the Monday night wars. Don't get me wrong I enjoy AEW but it doesn't feel the same since it first started. Another issue could be that ever since Triple H took control of creative in WWE WWE basically got better.
Not too long ago wwe was in the same boat where they barely had people in arenas cause the creative was so bad until hunter took over. It's honestly sad to see aew decline like this and I hope aew gets better and the sooner Tony realizes that people aren't intrested anymore the more I hope he actually changes the company and makes it better but I doubt it
Yeah but just look at wwe’s arena sizes vs Aew I can’t wait for the day aew goes out of business they haven’t even put up any competition so wwe is still the same old company wrestling just inst good anymore man. All the wrestlers wrestle the same no one’s good on the mic every guy is skinny as sh*t…
@Jacksonk628 But their great in ring wrestlers regardless of size plus I don't agree with wanting them to be out the business at least their trying to be an alternative.
@@philipblaise5166 tony is nothing but a trust fund spoiled brat who’s daddy just happens to be pakistans richest man. He’s to worried about tweeting at people then actually doing anything good for the company. Just look at there exploding barbed wire deathmatch. He has all that money and that’s the best he could do? I felt bad for Moxley and Kingston at that point having to sell that… tony is a joke the only reason the company hasn’t went under yet is because he can literally just call his dad and get a million wired straight to his account there’s a reason they have a video game and action figure line I was wondering how they were doing All this then did a little bit of research on tony and everything started making sense. He’s a failure and his dad knows that but he wants to see his son happy so he just keeps letting him burn through money for a dying company that’s out of touch.
@@philipblaise5166 also tony needs to lay off the adderall or cocaine every interview his eyes are about to pop out of his head. He’s either really wired on adderall or coke or meth but he has an addiction. I don’t know what it is he’s addicted to but he definitely is on some sh*t.
@@Jacksonk628 Dude is probably mad exhausted. He writes creative for 2 wrestling companies and owns a soccer team
Bret Hart said it best….the reason WCW didn’t last was because they didn’t have Vince McMahon. Say what you want about Vince, but he kept you watching.
That's not it.
Can't wait to see "The Rise & Fall of AEW" in the WWE Network! 💯
im still waiting for the rise and fall of WCW to be released
btw did you know Miro and Rusev are actually twins? mind blown
"I bought my competition,i owned AEW."
- Vince Mcmahon
i wish Vince did buy them, HHH would never do that
It’s like any other job; if the leadership sucks, then so will the product
I guess Wrestlelamia won't be getting AEW media passes anytime soon
😂😂 I hope things get better for the company. They had a good start, they just need to adjust things.
@Wrestlelamia they won't, and that's the problem.
@@Wrestlelamiathey've been needing to adjust tsince year 1 and it's been 4 years and things only get worse. This company has no hope with TK being in vhsrge of everything..he should've just financed and stepped back and let the wrestling minds of veterans like JR, and others takeover from booking to everything else.
@@Wrestlelamiayou're just pushing the aew hate narrative with these videos. The comments sections for all of your videos are wwe fans hoping and praying aew dies.
@Wrestlelamia I bet you feel real fkn stupid going ALL IN on AEW. Don't you? 😂😂😂.. this channel will be gone soon too
WCW 2.0 … been saying it since the beginning. Bound to self destruct.
Long-time fan. Here are my thoughts:
1. The product went down several notches when CM Punk arrived. Yes, not what you were expecting to here. Once he joined, the show became much more promo heavy and it was jarring. MJF is part of the problem, even if he is top tier on the mic. Cody Rhodes was bad for this too. The show was best before these three dominated the mic. It felt like AEW was trying to match WWE and went away from what made them unique.
2.Dynamite was consistently good for a long time but had a bad spell which lasted about six months. Since then it's been solid but there are obviously problems outside of the match quality.
3. AEW can be the mecca of international wrestling and hard hitting matches. Featuring stars from around the world and styles as well. This is what makes AEW strong and unique.
4. Putting the priority on the wrong people. The factions era got stale and went on way too long. Not using Miro, Archer, etc more is criminal. And Big Bill being tossed across the ring by Hook is absolutely unbelievable and terrible. AEW has so many stars that it seems they cannot take many losses, and therefor don't get used at times. I think instead they should use their best wrestlers often and let them lose more, creating an overall stronger and more competitive and unpredictable environment. It is boring when all the matches are predictable and it's very feast or famine. A top tier NBA team still loses 20-30 games a year and wrestlers can be used this way too in such an elite roster.
AEW has a jealous, immature locker-room. When they had CM Punk they should have booked him to the moon but the execs (Youngbucks, Kenny Omega) were too jealous. Instead of thinking about their own glory, they should have thought about the company. Tony Kahn is just too inexperienced and the wrestlers take far too many risks with no apparent impact on stroryline. Eddie Kingston and the Youngbucks are good but NOT great! The Wardlow storyline was a missed opportunity as well as the use of Cody Rhodes, Miro and Andrade. Fingers are still crossed. We will see.
I say AEW took a nosedive during the whole drama surrounding CM Punk.
I think signing Punk was a bad move after what happened at the media scrum
They had problems way before punk. The problem is poor leadership.
@@TyMarshall007 Pretty much, CM Punk is his own worst enemy
@@fro-zone2k I be honest with you I lost respect for punk when he mentioned Colt's mother in the media scrum
@@TyMarshall007 Honestly I wouldn't argue with you on that but for me, I lost respect for him during his feud with "Hangman" Adam Page.
And thats why Vince is A legend he has shown how its done and litle Khan shows how is not. Vince has shown balls and has keep wwe alive for the last 40 years. AEW are spot monkeys and does everthing for a cheap reaction by non wrestling fans. WWE > TNA > AEW
Yeah i hate him but i will admit vince knew how to run a wrestling promotion.
AEW was good in 2021 but the issue is now WWE has improved significantly and Triple H running show beating AEW in almost all occasions. AEW was good against Vince but Tony Khan isn't running AEW very well.
So that means AEW has to drive TK out then, that way a new owner might save it
The thing is Triple H knows much more about the wrestling business than Tony Khan does
@@WrestlingCompilationsbecause he was a wrestle. He also learn to manage pro wrestling bussines from his father in law. I heard that wwe superstar feels happy under triple h management. He even gave wwe superstar to take a leave in holiday season to give them spend a time with their family, something that vince couldnt give in his era. Thats how good boss triple h can be.
@@zulhafiqbinmohdazrol4007 Yes indeed
Why does AEW have to beat WWE? Why does it have to be bigger than WWE in your eyes to accomplish what it wants? It's a show that isn't PG, for a different audience, it's also a relatively young business trying to grow. Let it be, it's healthy competition, even if they're the little guys right now, its a different audience.
Papa Kahn will need to buy a television station so that AEW and ROH can have TV. As Tony doesn't know what he's doing and is demanding companies get both AEW and ROH on the same TV deal
When you let a fan boy run a wrestling company,this stuff happens.
And people were saying aew is competation to WWE lol. When people were saying that, I was still saying aew is nothing but tna 2.0
Saying they use a variety of wrestling styles is absurd
They only *want to do* strong style. Hence the injurys
It all went downhill when Marko Stunt left. He was without doubt the star of AEW and it's never been the same since.
Jokes aside. But he was one of the first ones to voice the concerns for lack of communication in aew. He got released via an e-mail and when he asked backstage, nobody seemed to know.
I was seriously looking forward to his feud with Negative One.
AEWs saddest decline was the pandemic era from March 2020 to June 2021! Ever since they resumed traveling, it got even better
One thing nobody is talking about here. One element that aew does so horribly wrong now that it would turn off any serious fan. ALL their so called matches are 100% predictable before they even begin...> All of aew matches are as predictable as knowing the sun will shine the next day...> One guy/girl or team always wins and his/her/their opponents are either jobbers., part timers, or just people that NEVER WIN. Who the hell wants to invest in watching something they already know the results of? And that is just ONE thing they do wrong. There are TONS of other mistakes that ruin the product...> What about the horrible lack of variety of outcomes hmmm? In aew you have every match ending in either pin or submission. Again that is NOT interesting or suspenseful one bit...> You need unpredictability...> And for in-ring match quality, wwe is destroying them as well. There is NOTHING that would draw me or any real fans to watch aew other than just needing to watch some more wrasslin. If your standards are low and you feel the need to defend garbage that is NOT good wrestling, then by all means enjoy the inferior product for what it is and for the limited amount of time it has left before khan goes out of business...>
I never bothered with AEW because they never have any proper storylines. That it's hard to get invested long term with the show.
The other issue with AEW (as well as pretty much majority of wrestling promotions out there) is that they opt to be some butthurt UFC wannabe as oppose to just be an entertaining show. On top of it feeling like all these promotions are run by dudes stuck in the 80s/90s and trying to figure out how to make the VHS tape popular again.
About the only wrestling promotion I can think of that wasn't completely fallen in this trap is Women of Wrestling. Which feels like the only wrestling show that actually remembers it's a TV show and doesn't shy from it.
AEW has seen better days, but for anyone to say that the company is dead is delusional,I really hope they can bounce back. I'm not ready to go back to the days of a monopoly wrestling promotion
I quite literally told ya'll that AEW was never a threat to WWE, and that TK is an incompetent mark. It literally took 5 years, but it still happened🤣💯.
It was inevitable. I've spent the last 3 years laughing at all the wrong predictions from the marks. And still am. When Aew said they weren't going after casual fans, it was the beginning of the end
I think the problem is simply the bloom coming off the rose. They haven't really done much different, as the focus is almost entirely on matches with as little story as possible. AEW succeeded not because of anything Tony did, but because the core fanbase was tired of Vince's bad mid-2010s booking. When Vince was pushed out the first time, the fans stopped being as forgiving of AEW. Then we have the idiocy that led to CM Punk being pushed out of the company right as Vince was pushed out again, this time for good. Where are the "compelling characters" you speak of? Everything about AEW is matches with minimal story. Though maybe that's a good thing, as an elementary school-level story with MJF is ruining the Devil.
Well, I tell a lie, one thing has changed. In the beginning, AEW was all about young and new talent. Now, they've fallen into the trap of being the WWE's retirement home. Why the hell is Ric Flair of all people there? And Adam Copeland? I love Edge as much as the next guy, but dude's there to get a check and play with Christian. Seems anyone who's available who has a name Tony's heard of is going to get offered millions, and that's not good business.
Aew is pretty much turning into late 90s, early 2000s WCW.
This isn’t shocking. Garbage wrestling matches and inconsistent booking will never hold a large audience.
I would have had on the list: 2022
Back in 2021 Tony Khan was coming out every once in a while with a big announcement - like a special episode of Dynamite or he was going to announce a big new signing... Each time he did this it was to a big pop from the fans in attendance and the TV ratings would go up.
It wasn't too long in to 2022 when Tony pretty much had a big announcement, a big return, a big signing, a big debut or it was a special episode of Dynamite week after week and fans could see the problem: it didn't really matter if he announced one of your favorites as his big new signing and "_____ is ALL ELITE" because he would go on to use them poorly (they show up, crowd gives big pop, they probably appear on the next 2 episodes of Dynamite and then they get put on the back burner because there've been other new signings since and he has to get back to his main roster).
It'd be like if you celebrate time with a new girlfriend by marking your 1 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year anniversary - shows her you think she is special and it'll melt her heart... but if it was week after week and got to: "Honey, I know I said 46 was amazing, 45 was special, 44 was wowee and so on... but Happy 47th week anniversary!" she would think you are an idiot and going too far.
Life goes on with or without AEW. I doubt if it's ever going to go out of business despite certain things. We'll see.
They won't be gone anytime soon. Think it'll be ages before that happens
They’ll turn out like tna, still alive but very much dead
Depends on how long Tony’s dad wants to bankroll this. It’s speculated that AEW lost around $34-35 million dollars in 2023, and they’re on pace to produce a revenue a little over $100 million next year, so time will indeed tell
It's normal for businesses to lose a lot of money when trying new risky things, they do not and will not care about making a few losses early on. They've managed to get their flagship PPV to Wembley stadium, that's better than WCW or ECW ever did already. @@robdurfee6861
But I was told by the IWC that there’s a wrestling boom because of Aew
Yeah, I heard that, too. Mysteriously, all the people who said that to me seem to not responding anymore to comments
AEW has found itself becoming what it always stood against. Campy and childish comedy bits, bad storylines, senseless injuries, too many gimmick matches, not booking talent correctly and over exposure on other talent.
People don’t want the Young Bucks or Jack Perry on TV anymore. But because they’re EVPs and Khans friends they keep being featured. It’s sad.
I can't fathom what MJF and Osprey were thinking when they resigned/signed on to a sinking ship. Both of them are phenomenal talents that have dream matches waiting for them in WWE.
Omega as well, his credibility went down big once he signed with AEW, man he’s a fucking star and an absolute complete wrestler
@@arnoldmendoza1674 I can understand the hesitation if things were still in the Vince era, but that ship has sailed and HHH has proven for the most part he knows what to do (obviously there are a few exceptions, Karrion Kross being one of them).
Ospreay signed to get free money and live in England, he knows Tony is easy to take advantage of. He has the mindset of the Bucks or even Kevin Nash, he doesn't care about traditional wrestling just the payout
I think AEW struggles to build sustainable stars in its own Universe, especially on the women' side.
WWE's Britt Baker would've got every chance in the world to be its own super-superstar. Instead, she doesn't get consistent exposure to br ehat she could've been.
Maxwell could've sided with other wrestlers in storylines to get his career better on a long term, at a The Rock, Hogan or Cena level. Instead, he gets to be everybody's enemy. Not sustainable long-term.
To summarize, AEW has a deep roster, but they don't know what to do with them, long-term. And that will hurt the company down the strretch. (Don't let TK be a pale copy of McMahon, too)
Plus, assuming it's only coincidental, but Triple H getting full creative control of the E and what he's doing with it, it hurts All Elite, a lot.
Even Britt Baker is unhappy in AEW.
I really liked AEW in the beginning. It positioned itself very clever between WWE and Indie-Wrestling, which gave it a very distinct feeling. It had also a good mix of established and fresh talents. In the last 1-2 years they tried too hard to be like WWE, had too many title-belts and shows. In addition there was some weird booking. The handling of ROH was also very poor. I think they should have kept ROH completely apart from AEW and when you have these crossovers it actually feels special. I think it can become a good product again but it requires some hard decisions. Focus only on Dynamite (dump the rest), make ROH it's own thing with very few AEW crossovers (and if they can't, just sell ROH), reduce the amount of title-belts and bring back that healthy mix of young and "old" talents.
Seeing that AEW is losing money, getting declined, introducing more PPV-s, travelling to Europe all at the same time, it doesn't make any sense to me. Either your sources are very bad or Tony Khan is doing something very bad. Only time will tell I guess, TNA didn't colapsed within 1 year neither.
When Cody left it was down hill
I still enjoy AEW more than wwe, but wwe has a legacy of many decades and nobody will ever knock them off that perch. Any other promotion will always be stuck as #2. Tony needs to stop worrying about wwe and just make a good show the aew fans like
The NWA has a bigger legacy.
@@Dewaynesite1 lol
@@Insidious_Rage I wonder how the WWE got started? Cough NWA! Now laugh at that.
I think it is fair to say that given how WWE has a long legacy of eating the competition, commentators will make videos with titles like these. Still, it's far too early to judge AEW as in decline. The wrestling is SOLID. And agreed, it needs work in the entertainment/story department where WWE has always flourished. But wrestling is greater with strong competition, and so far AEW has proven to be a strong competitor. (Side note: CM Punk sounds crazy difficult to work with and AEW proved he wasn't bigger than the brand. That takes balls if you consider the fans' response since his WWE return).
Aew is losing money at such a fast rate it makes WCW look like freaking gods.
It's seriously reminding me of WCW 2000's. Tony S. "Accidentally " said WCW during commentary 😅
I think AEW issue is PPVs the cost is inasane so many fans cant watch ppv where wwe fans can watch all ppv for low cost. When people miss out on storyline payoffs at ppv they lose interest in story buildup if fans cant afford to watch big payoff at ppv
They're not dead, but they sure have a problem that needs to be address as soon as possible
Tony khan best booker of the year
AEW on a decline after just 4 years? I'm surprised but at the same time maybe not so surprised
I think this video is premature. AEW isn't doing bad with it's key big storyline right now and the tourney is going well. The real bell weather event will be All In 2, everyone and their Uncle says they can't repeat those numbers, well let's wait and see. Collision isn't doing bad, it's very watchable....almost as much as the flagship. Crowds go up and down, areas get played out and then rebound. I see three major problems in AEW, Rampage is awful, improve it (unused talent?) or close it down. Second is mass retirement of top tier people they rely on. Sting, Christian, Edge, very possibly the Bucks, Moxley will be done soon, Danielson is done, it's going to hurt. And third, get a U.S. based streamer....$50 was okay at 4 PPV shows a year, but adding more? WAY too much to ask.
AEW looks like the new TNA. Probably we’ll hear Cody Rhodes saying “I heard that AEW is hiring” sometime in the future, just like how Kurt Angle mentioned TNA in WWE.
if AEW wants to bounce back, they need someone who can actually be a DAMN BOSS not some guy wearing a suit being starstruck seeing his favorite wrestler. The fact that in the past few days in WWE Randy Orton, R-Truth and CM Punk all came back was a very big stick they swung at AEW with massive effect. Additionally the story lines are better than some random "pick it up" feuds in AEW.