99 Problems in AEW in 13 Minutes
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I was one of those fans who watched AEW from Day 1. I was falling out of love with wrestling until AEW came along and reignited my love for wrestling like how it did for so many others. I loved AEW so much that I started this CZcams Channel just to make video essays solely on AEW as my first 20-30 videos was praising AEW. Somewhere along the line, AEW started to change and now it’s a product I don’t recognize anymore. I didn’t make this video to hate on AEW. In fact, I love AEW and because of that, I have to call them out on their bad moves. The company was built on listening to the fans, and as a fan, I have to say something. This is not the company we all fell in love with. I hope AEW can bounce back because we need them in the wrestling world.
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The old WWE stars being hired is something that hurt TNA in the long run.
So ex wwe stars should just be out of jobs once their contract with wwe runs out or they get fired from wwe?
@@florianterreegen If they are older than 40 then yes, otherwise your wasting money on slow moving liabilities
@@JustBecauseidk5 you say that, but finn balor is 40+, so is rey mysterio, so is damian priest, once they hit 40 they don't automatically become ric flair, so get the fuck out of here with that shit
@@JustBecauseidk5 they can be wrestling gods in their old age that entirely overshadow any young guys in every category, but that's the problem. Lack of homegrown talent just makes AEW lose its identity.
@@florianterreegen idiot what have they really done but take money😂😂
Bro just destroyed the whole company 💀
The aew audience won’t admit it’s a sinking ship. Yes it’s funny how aew is, but we do need an alternative company.
WWE fans overreact to everything I swear...
@@coke8045same wit aew🤦🏿
I uh notice that uh AEW is more popular then uh ever, so uh what do you uh mean?
A problem I have with AEW is that their are too many heels in the company and not enough faces. You can see this with 12 heel factions and 2 face factions.
They keep turning faces into heels or tweeners. And then the few bona-fide faces they have don't get consistent screen time
A heel imbalance is fine, but not to those proportions. That's late-stage NWO territory.
When the children play, nobody wants to play the lame good guy, they want to be cool bad guy. And they don't listen to the adults.
That's one of the problems.
And there are too many factions
I agree and disagree with some of these. But you left out one major thing… PPV’s are WAY TOO LONG. Tony Khan needs to understand not everybody has to be on PPV you should save some matches for Dynamite and Collision, The PPV’s should be 3 - 4hrs long they should not be going off air at midnight
I agree. Especially now that they want to do ppvs monthly.I think only the big events like All Out,All In,Double Or Nothing should be more than 3 hours. The rest should be 3 hours max. And still,for me,even 3 hours sometimes is exhausting. Let alone 5.
Oh geez I completely forgot about that. PPV’s are entirely too long.
Don't forget they only finalize their cards for the PPV on the same damn week as the PPV so they added like 15 matches right before the PPV
agree, especially multiman matches in PPV that sometimes a lot need to be culled, better build up 2 faction feuding rather than just slam everyone into multiman match that TK thinks everyone will be happy
Bro tell em about it I was at double or nothing 2022 that shit felt like forever
The crowd was getting tired for sure
I said it a long time ago, AEW would become TNA 2.0 if they filled up precious TV time with legends, rather than young and homegrown talent. It's sad to see it come true, AEW has so much potential.
They arent even TNA😂 tna in 2010 was lit to watch aside from wwe
I think AEW runs the risk of becoming WCW 2.0. WCW was mainly ex-WWF guys, with only 2 real homegrown talents stepping up in DDP and Goldberg.
@@Vindicator18 true, maybe WCW 2.0 would have been a better description. Either way, wrestlers who are in their prime, should not be taking a backseat to ones that aren't.
@@TeamRobsta I think that some of things that make AEW feel like WCW are things like the boss being friends with the top talent, like Bischoff with Hogan, reliance on talent that are past their prime while not pushing the homegrown talent, and storylines that are a mess.
I agree, they actually did it VERY well at the start. Using old talent as managers. Sting with Darby, Arn with Cody, Jake with Archer, Tully with FTR and Spears.
Now we see Sting taking bumps he should never be taking, Flair has popped up, RVD is in the mix, The Hardys are still there, Jeff Jerrat is still breaking guitars, Jericho is still botching the lionsault, Big Show is struggling to walk, Sabu is diving through tables.
It comes to something when your biggest heel is Christian Cage a 49 year old WWE star, and your biggest draw is Adam Copeland a 50 year old WWE star..................
Their only home grown talent that is of any hope is MJF and they are currently using him in every damn segament on TV watering him down to the bone.
I started dying at the part where you talked about the referees trying to get over
anytime I see aubrey is the referee I already know shes going into business for herself at some point
They don't
@@Kr4ShSkeLhave you not watched a match with Aubrey before?
Totally agree about Aubrey Edwards aka Donald Stevens. She tries to be a part. of the entertainment instead of supporting the wrestling matches.
its funny coz its true
AEW have lost their identity. AEW just doesn't feel like AEW anymore.
I agree.
It went from being Super NXT Black & Gold to WCW 2000 2.0.
What do you mean "lost their identity"? From the very start, they've always been big budget ROH. Just because actual ROH is part of AEW now doesn't mean that's changed.
This is also the reason why they don't and will never have a performance center.
@Ticketman99 why do they need a performance center?
@@Otakubro6 Exactly. And people are trying to say AEW lost its identity lol
The roster is far too big.
Glad you snapped out of it man, I’ve had AEW diehard marks send me death threats and even tried to dox me over my opinions
Death threats?! 😂😂😂
@mattpryokra2245 it's actually true lol. Some Chicago woman once flipped on Hangnail Page and the Elite fanboys started harassing her and some even sent her death threats
@@reijiokada3295 I saw that! They were using weird "we're fighting terrorism" rhetoric to justify it, too. Sorry, kids, but someone not liking your extremely mid favorite wrestler isn't the same thing as being a terrorist and definitely doesn't excuse your behavior.
Wow, justifying literal terrorism by claiming you’re fighting it?? That’s a Bush era Republican move, not surprising from the Trumpladyte Vince McManlet brothers and their religtard/incel neckbeard ilk
How has he snapped out of tribalism, given the video you have just watched?
Too many factions, a lot of useless lackeys. It feels like high school instead of wrestling business
I sadly agree
This is important to why they fail and why they do it. TONY doesn't want to give guys losses so he puts them in factions to protect them
@@AgeOfWrestling See i disagree, I like factions and think they can be utilized if done correctly. Tag matches are aew's specialty I feel. Their tag/cage matches have been ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
The issue comes with many of the factions not getting screen time or lackeys not getting proper development. I feel each individual wrestler in a faction should feel important
One thing I think Aew's biggest problem is that it caters to hardcore wrestling fans and not casuals. Majority of money has been always been brought by the casual goers especially kids. It caters to adults not kids which is a very bad business move. Just like you said it has too much wrestling and not enough storytelling.
It's booked for the internet wrestling community because Tony sat on e-fed boards growing up. They book for the same weekly 800k viewers. It's interchangeable wrestlers doing random moves to each other and selling nothing.
I like how you got straight to it 😂
Thanks for watching bro!
Just like Tony he is going to fall with wrestlers no one dot Mr McMahon is better than
I've been saying no15 for ages. TK just wants to be every ones friend, and no ones boss. As far as Jade goes, Tony agreed to her asking price, and she still walked. Says more about AEW, than it does Jade Cargill.
I agree people shit on vince the person but as a boss he was not one to play with. I can respect how he was a boss and not your buddy he could be but definitely a boss first
Vince knew how to make you and himself a lot of money if you had talent. AEW books you in an Indy deathmatch where people literally drink the other’s blood 😂
Yeah undertaker talked about it in an interview that after the chair head shot ban. Triple h and undertaker did it anyway figuring they were the head of the company and son in law. But once the checks came in they both saw the fines in their checks. He was a boss first and foremost
The honeymoon is over for AEW the Reality hitting them hard
It was never a honeymoon for me. It's like when you've had enough girlfriends to the point you're no longer naive. I wasn't naive. I been knowing how the Elite were. When i saw Kenny dressed as Jasmin from Aladdin for a match in NJPW that's when i really started to see them for what they were
@@zomb60the beginging was good but after the pandemic. Everything went downhill
@@kelbosskii9769 it may have been good to you but i remember a legless dude being in a battle royal, and a horrible Dark Order debut.
@@zomb60and what are they?
@@Otakubro6 a bunch of goofs. And all of they're storyline revolve around weird bromance. They're a parody of pro wrestling and i'm not gonna argue with anyone about it.
I can 100% agree on the toxic fan base one. As a wwe die heart fan, even i watch aew sometimes and it ain’t even THAT remotely terrible that some people say it is. Besides people think it’s sooo bad to watch both productions when in reality it’s not even that serious
100% Agree with you. Wrestling is just wrestling.
He's definetly not wrong, but that's just wrestling fans in general, it's not just AEW and not just WWE, it's all of them
It's not bad it's hard to follow now. Aew booking is kinda all over the place specially for someone who just casually viewing CZcams clips
TK screwed himself by dropping the ball on talents like pac, jack evans, peter avlon, evil uno, Jimmy Havoc, leo rush n list goes on they should have signed better script writers, cameramen n producers than bunch of old granpas n vanilla kids at this point i really feel bad for MJF he's trying so hard to save that wasteland
Wwe diehards are the ones hating on aew too making videos like this smh
Never heard it referred to as 'fast food wrestling' but that is a perfect name for the spotfests that a lof wrestling has geared towards now. Not just AEW, but Impact, and most indies. And this style is going to shorten more careers than steroids or chairshots to the head ever did.
Spotfest are like 30% of AEW, another stupid comment... The strenght (and maybe one of the weakness) of AEW is that they have a lot of VARIETY in their wrestling with different styles and different types of matches. You can see a long 40min main event as you can see a 15 min spotfest, you can see a bloody hardcore brawl as you can see a technical masterpiece, you can see a lucha match as you can see a strong style match...
@@Kr4ShSkeL Found the Die Hard AEW fan who takes stuff personally.
I was about to say yeah AEW only does 'spotfests' in some matches. A lot of long one on one matches. Some with technical rules. Maybe a hardcore match. Shit there is every style on AEW including WWE style.
@@TheLibermania I'm not a die hard fan but when I see an idiot I take it personnaly yeah ofc
Saying that AEW only does spotfests is the équivalent of saying "I've never watched a single AEW show"
I would have reacted the same way if he said some bs about WWE
@@Kr4ShSkeL "I'm not a die hard fan but when I see an idiot I take it personnaly yeah ofc"
Have you removed all the mirrors from your house?
As bad as Vince may be but he’s a way better promoter and businessman than Tony but Tony has room to improve
And though he may not be in charge of wwe anymore, Vince always wins. He’ll be winning even after the day he dies.
Who still loves Vince?
Fast food wrestling is spot on. Bret hart needs to coach these guys on how to create meaningful matches
The Booking of Young Talent makes me so angry, he is so obsessed with beating WWE which is why he keeps signing Ex-WWEs that his homegrown young talent get wasted, no wonder why they don't re-sign and go to Greener Pastures like Brian Pillman Jr. going straight to NXT, which is treating him much better and showing him consistently.
#1 Tony isn't a boss
#2 Get Jericho off my TV screen
#3 Done
That look on Okada when Tony is hugging him says it all. 😂
Agree with 83. The guy had no buzz during the time he was fired then they hire him back to do nothing again. Great job for these guys at least easy money!
I honestly tell myself that I will never take Tony Khan seriously, well 13 have proven my point. Also 81 have me going WTF, no wonder the roster is so full.
Tony Khan needs help. He’s in serious trouble.
The issue of fast wrestling really threw me off when I first watched some AEW matches. Nobody sold anything, everything was super fast, and there were too many people in the ring at any time so it was hard to know what to focus on
I bet matches aren't always like that, but it was jarring
When I watched my first aew show, the quickness and the no sells made it feel, real?? It felt like they were really Fighting!
@@EWEFEDERATION But popping straight up from a piledriver is crazy to me. What are the finishers now?
No, they all are. I watched AEW regularly up until mid 2023. Nobody sells any thing, no rules are enforced, every match has endless fighting outside the ring/table spots/run ins, etc. It's basically an indie fed that moved from a bar to a bigger venue with an entrance way, nothing else.
@@33percentgod The run-ins got exhausting within a month of me starting to watch it. It feels like AEW's go-to when they don't know how to end a match or advance a story.
Depends on who the wrestler is. (like always) .... This is like saying 'who pops up from a leg drop, now no one can do it.' ...... The tombstone is only the 'end all be all' to you because no one else in WWE is allowed to do it.
NJPW also has a dude that hits a spinning pile driver but his finisher is even more intense. @@moeswagger2329
I really wish they had not made the roster as big as it now is
So true; Tony khan needs to fire some people
who is here after the footage, absolutly AEW suck and managed by clowns
One major thing that really annoys me about AEW is, that they are establishing so many factions, but none of them go anywhere
Jeff Jarret was in charge of WWE house shows just last year 😂...man how fast things are moving
I always feared the 5 year mark, this pattern happens in wrestling a lot . That’s why wwe stays the big dog. It’s not just the product but good business as well. It’s the same always, wwe gets stale , fans go elsewhere, wrestling boom, then it dies down. it happened with nwa, wcw, tna (sorta) , and now aew. but wwe is the one that benefits cuz it knows how to strike back because not only does it evolve, it learns from its competitors .
'That's why wwe stays -the big dog- _The Tribal Chief"_ -- fixed that for ya.
The are following wcw issues. Every time you turn it on they have new talent. They have way to many people. So they can never get a hot storyline. They have to use old talent in massive groups.
@@romxxii you get it lol
Also it's too big in term of market share. WWE's saving grace is that they established themselves as the top dog during wrestling's peak. They'll never get dethroned. No matter what happens.
The biggest problem in AEW is...
As much as they don't like to admit it, they like to bring back nostalgia (like wrestling in it's 90's form). Which is great. Nostalgia is great. But when you overdo it, the hype is gone. And the viewers will lost interest. Sure. Blood is great for the sport. Hardcore too. But again, when every of their PPV or TV shows contains blood, it's pointless. WWE likewise, are moving forward through time. Things change. Eras change. How people think has also change. The Attitude Era was all about the right timing execution. And the modern day WWE is what's best for today's age media. Let's put it in a very simplest form. Attitude Era wouldn't survive in the modern era. And Modern WWE wouldn't survive in the Attitude Era. WWE viewerships and revenue is still sky rocketed.
Yes but WWE and AEW are the 2 extremes. AEW has to much blood, WWE had basically none for the past 10 years. AEW is too hardcore and WWE is to G, AEW swears to much and WWE swears to little. It’s all about balance. I feel and hope WWE is moving more towards a middle ground recently, they’ve lightened up on swearing and even allowed intentional blading for the first time in a long time!
AEW's Biggest problem is its waaaay to pathetically PREDICTABLE! If its not A randohm, last minute _"Who wants to work tonight?"_ '3 on 3' thing anyway.
> And I mean both, that [It]s matches are like 99% predictable & the heel turns. Especially in their women's division. Every tag &/or womens duo or trio gets imploded (outside of 'the killer & the pillar').
My biggest problem with AEW is how The Outcast have been booked since All In. Saraya won the title by pinning Toni Storm which should have been a bigger deal then it was. However Tony Khan rushed things and had Toni Storm exiled from The Outcast for a short feud that ended once Saraya lost the title. Not only was it stupid but it doesn't make any sense. Toni Storm and Saraya founded The Outcast together, they should still be a team and Ruby Soho should be exiled. Speaking of, Ruby Soho and Saraya have not evolved since Saraya lost her title to Hikaru Shida but Toni Storm has, and this could have played a factor into The Outcast feud had it been done right.
Tony Khan also got Collision on TV but not Ring of Honor yet still expects people to care about ROH even though he doesn't promote them as much as he everything else. Collision isn't bad but it should be more attached to ROH instead of being another AEW show fans don't care about like Dark or Elevation.
4:16 The absolute irony
😂😂😂😂😂
One more problem that AEW had is they doesn't made a new star in their entire existence other than MJF. All of the stars that they had have become so stale and general fans had enough of them already like Jericho, Moxley, Kenny all fell so down the card because fans doesn't care about them as much as their time as champion. Also not sure if anyone realize this AEW never make new world champion have a rematch feud with the former champion, they always throws former champion out of main event contention which diminishing their star power and that's exactly why they're struggling with ratings
This -- TNA brought attention and made stars of Samoa Joe, AJ Styles and others, then went downhill when they kept bringing in old WWE retreads over and over. They need to stop bringing in the old guys (maybe just a few key veterans) and make new stars, and really focus and zero in on a few who they think can eventually sell tickets and build a long-lasting success, not just scattergun approach where everyone gets a brief moment to shine. I know Tony apparently loves NJPW -- well when I was a regular NJPW fan, there were just a few guys that it was focused on, not a huge roster of names being promoted. One guy I've seen in youtube clips that looks like a possible star is Ricky Starks (I'm not a regular AEW viewer, barely seen the shows tbh) -- he basically seems like he could be their version of LA Knight (harkening back to SCSA & The Rock) -- they need to pick a few people like that and really zero in on them.
What's also hurting them is that the WWE overall product is the best that it's been in years (look how many WWE babyfaces are over right now, it's crazy) -- also that someone can just be a WWE casual and watch the once a month PLE and maybe a couple other things, and still enjoy it and figure out what is going on, especially because story lines right now are long-lasting.
My problem with AEW is that they don’t treat people with talent and untalented people get TV time!
I get more entertainment watching videos about the aew drama than actual aew wrestling 😂
I love AEW but these problems are so damn true. When Cody left I just knew it was going to have repercussions for years to come. He was the heart of AEW, he was the constant, he was the driving force. He also seemed to do A LOT backstage too when it came to talent relations. After he left all we hear about is wrestlers fighting for real or on twitter. Also, buying ROH was a MASSIVE mistake. Its just going to add more issues and take time away from the main shows.
Tony needs to get a team together that has a vision, a team that can be ruthless when they need too, a team that will get the product back on track. He can't do this on his own, or with only a few peoples help.
They also NEED to cut the shows down and "TRIM THE FAT". They have waaaaaaaaaay too many wrestlers on the books, waaaaaay too many belts, and too much of "do whatever you want" attitude. Rampage is a joke now, that entire show needs to go. They should invest heavily into a "performance center" and have Rampage show be on youtube (replacing Dark) where young talent can be showcased and hone their skills.
Dynamite and Collision should stay put and have a smaller roster of talent, less factions and a team of creative for better more interesting storyline ideas.
Buying ROH wasn’t a mistake when it saved all of the talents jobs, you buffoon. Nothing you say will dispute that fact and the fact that they can freely give exposure to those who still have an existing contract with ROH, by putting them on AEW television.
Such as Dalton Castle and Mark Briscoe.
They were about to stiff all their talent by not paying them and TK made the decision to save the brand. AEW wasn’t going to sign that entire roster, so the best option was to buy it.
The Codyverse was one of the worst things about AEW before he left
@@SWWonders The whole Cody "family" was trash. His in ring work and SOME of his promos were amazing. I always thought he could become AEW's version of Surfer Sting. If they just kept him with Arn Anderson as his manager and had no one else with him that would have been the best thing.
What's stopping them from doing that
Gosh, this is actually sad, tbh. I used to love AEW back in 2020/2021. I became their biggest mark, I admit it, and I was happy. Now, only 2 years later, it makes me really sad to see what's the company turning into:
Empty arenas, lower ratings, top stars constantly injured, botches 24/7, lame and boring booking, real altercations, Edge didn't draw sh*t, CM Punk fired (their biggest signing ever yes or yes). It's pretty sad to look back in time and realize... it's not 2021 anymore. 😪
U nailed it bro the only thing u forgot was them long ass PPV's
Problem 100: Triple H cooking for the fans.
Excellent job on this !!!! I agree with so many of your points. My biggest problem with AEW is that in the beginning, it was young and fresh and an alternative to WWE. But since then, Tony Khan has made so many bad decisions (booking, personnel usage, too many belts, not enough of the women, etc.) that it has gotten to the point where I have just lost interest in watching. I can see it eventually going down the tubes like WCW did. Damn shame, as there is some real promising young talent within.
Everything you listed is every problem I’ve had with aew yes wwe isn’t perfect however they are trying to improve those problems and replacing Vince McMahon with triple h was a huge improvement
You know if a pro AEW guy and you criticize AEW so much, then you know there's a problem with AEW.
Yes, it’s not just me, so many AEW fans have voiced their concern
@@AgeOfWrestling yeah. That's why I'm not a fan of any wrestling promotion anymore. They're all silly and bad.
Edit: and they have that NPC tranquilo club write matches. What??
@@AgeOfWrestlingunfortunately you like many others on CZcams have realized where the views/money is
100 - CM Punk is now back in WWE!
101. The bad finish from the main event last Wednesday.
There’s a lot of things AEW can do to improve and be a sibling rivalry like competition there’s a reason why WWE comes out superior compared to AEW due to how long it’s been around,the different television outlets that outs so many stars on display even if they’ve been showed before I can go on on and on I agree with a huge chunk of these as well as there’s a lot of things also wrong with WWE too but aren’t as bad I don’t think?
Tbh, I am excited to play AEW Fight Forever since I really love wrestling games.
But after thinking about it and watching gameplays of it, I realized I don’t like to play or but it anymore.
So, I decided to go for WWE 2k23. And it’s fun!
I even downloaded AEW arena there through community creations haha
The kenny vs mjf did not happen on a 3 day build, why do people keep saying this, the least you can say is 13 days
It was announced 3 days before it happened. They should have announced weeks before it happened
If I were a wrestler for AEW, I would love to have the experience of wrestlers like Arn, Flair, Sting, Edge to be around to pick their brains. That's more of an AEW problem, young talent not asking what they should do with veterans who drew lots of money in their heyday.
Arn is gone for the reasons stated by regal before. Aew wrestlers think theyre smarter than veterans just ask the elite
Those young,dumb idiots in AEW think they are stars becoz their niche audience cheer for them...i honestly love what u are saying but I wouldn't b surprised if those idiots ignore the legends, I mean Adam Page said it himself that he doesn't take advice🤷♂️
Yeah having legends is not the problem. It’s showcasing them in prominent positions on AEW tv. Like I do not need to see Big Show team up with Kenny omega and Chris Jericho.
@@AgeOfWrestlingthey don’t have an alternative draw. Even omega vs MJF doesn’t draw. Older stars being featured even if they’re just managers brings name recognition to the product. Jeff Jarrett is still a better and safer worker than 90% of the roster.
You also have guys like Hangman that have openly said they'll turn down advice from legends.
I remember either jade or Tony saying how she sent him a number and Tony offered her more money than she had asked and she still declined
#77- “the four pillars are playing side piece roles. It feels like the pillars are there to hold up the rest of the talent.”
Well, yea bro, that is like….what pillars do 😅
Number 47 made me laugh alittle too much, but I agree. 🤣
I got into AEW when a buddy of mine asked me to go see the first episode of Rampage with him in Pittsburgh. Show was awesome, I’ve been a fan since. But considering I missed out on a lot of the great early stories i didn’t know what to expect. Over the last 2+ years I’ve noticed a not so great change in the product. I still watch Dynamite every week, but even the non-hardcore fans like myself can notice a stale flavor
Amazing straight to the point video, subscribed! 😄
I dont think AEW is dead like other people think but with the return of CM Punk to WWE and the fact that WWE is just on another level right now makes AEW look like a distant 2nd place. MJF is in my eyes the only valuable thing AEW has and if they lose him to WWE too, it will kill the company.
AEW is a almost "dead" company come on WWE "killed" AEW at Survivor Series
@@sidneywadego4980 AEW will never be dead as long as Tony Khan wants. And he doesn't care for business.
They rather get a bigger Impact treatment.
@@TheLibermania AEW will be gone by 2030 or sale it to someone like NBCUNIVERSAL and Warner Bros Discovery because Tony Khan is a not a great booker anymore in AEW. Why? Bad management. No Creative meetings. No business meetings. Lack of TV time for Wrestlers. Not properly booking their stars. AEW will be dying by 2030 or sooner rather than later because of not being able to have 1-4 million viewers in ratings. I hope AEW will be a dying company or AEW will be sold to anyone other than TKO. If Tony Khan needs to Move on from AEW after the sale or closure, He can solely focus on Ring of Honor and it can be a legitimate alternative competition to WWE. WWE will forever be staying, but AEW? it will either be sold or dying in the future.
@@sidneywadego4980 But why would Tony Khan move on from AEW?
@@TheLibermania Because if AEW is gonna be sold by a company other than TKO and Warner Bros Discovery, or this company will be closed, Tony will move on from all of his mistakes and also Moved on from AEW and he will be focusing on Ring of Honor or Creating a New Wrestling company with someone.
If there's one thing I would add It's faction/multi-man warfare
It can be fun, but having Anarchy in the Arena, Blood and Guts, and Stadium Stampede back to back to back is absurd
I also firmly stand by my belief that Impact Wrestling has been the Alternative since Slammiversary in 2022, and the move back to TNA will only help them in becoming more known to the general wrestling public as the quintessential alternative
Multiple factions in wrestling are usually to showcase more talent all at once.
They never give lower tier faction a chance. It always a faction that had nepotism that had faction warfare like BCC, Jericho factions, The Elite
@@GBTwelveSixteen The problem is they never do that
It kinda diminishes the allure of having a faction when they're oversaturated with them
Plz do a part 2 !!
34 aged real, real well.
Show this to Tony Khan and he'd tell you: "yeah, I can definitely see where you're coming from. But we've just sold 81,000 tickets and we're having some of our best shows ever. I can't answer any of your other questions but maybe they'll be answered on Wednesday Night Dynamite 😳🤓"
Whether or not you agree with everything on this list, the fact that there's THIS MUCH issues in their 4 short years IS AN ISSUE. I've been a day 1 fan since that press conference in Jacksonville, bought every ppv and watch Dynamite each week. Collision was my favorite when Punk was here because you can tell he was in charge of Collision and it was VASTLY better than Dynamite, but now it's Dynamite Lite and just feels different than the Punk led Collision.
All of these issues started brewing more once Cody left. He and the Elite didn't agree on how to handle AEW, but Cody's involvement was the best thing at the times on Dynamite. The Elite had more athletic matches, but Cody was MEMORABLE and actually gave us professional wrestling instead of planned matches that's like watching an acrobatics show. It's entertaining, but it's so visibly obvious that they're cooperating, you just can't get invested in their matches. Hangmans okay, but he's ALWAYS the underdog and has to fight for what's right. Just do something else already cause the cowboy shit and fighting out of a slump is getting stale after 4 years. And the Young Bucks BARELY have any interest now. The crowd pops for the music and their entrance, then their matches start and they seem so ass-holyish that it ruins the investment. I like Omega, but he acts like a video game character and that style is straight from New Japan, but it just doesn't feel like it's the right fit for what he's doing. Ospreay yelling at him and giving us something to feel for, then Omega starts his promo and his energy doesn't match Ospreays. It's like when you yell at your siblings and they speak to you calmly, it just ruins the mood lmfao.
Tony Khan needs to be a better boss and let someone that KNOWS what they're doing run the wrestling show. As well as stop trying to be everyone's friend, you're their boss, stop it. That's why he lost Punk because he allowed the Elite to run roughshod over his BIGGEST draw.
See this is what true fans of AEW should see and acknowledge. But they'll all act like nothings wrong and go about there day as if the company is still in its good days. News flash: it isnt
Yeah there’s a lot wrong with AEW.
I guess Metlzer 5 Star ratings in every AEW match is pretty much enough for them to said that everything is ok in AEW
This is the AEW fan that i respect. A rare find indeed.
@@SamsungSebelas899Meltzer has become an AEW bootlicker lol. I bet he's being paid off by Tony Khan
I haven’t watched AEW since the first episode. Which had so much promise. But I saw them going the way WCW did, signing all of WWEs oldest talent. Which gave Attitude Era WWE the chance to showcase fresh new talent.
When I saw them start doing this a lot I thought the boat already sank.
I can hardly express how much i disagree with #81. It is so incredibly fucked that wrestlers are independent contractors who can just be fired on a whim. Wrestling companies can hold contracted wrestlers hostage while they are allowed to just break their contracts and fire wrestlers whenever they please with barely any consequences. Wrestlers having the choice to either leave the company when theyre not being used or just let their contracts expire is how every promotion in the industry should operate. If anything Tony Khan handling contracts in this way and actually abiding to "pacta sunt servanda" is a credit to how AEW treats their talent.
I know it’s not great to be firing wrestlers but at the end of the day AEW is a business. Shedding all the dead weight will help them put out the best quality product and better their bottom line.
I do not care about the bottom line of a company owned by a billionaire. On the other hand i do care about the livelihoods of the people employed by that company. @@AgeOfWrestling
On the other hand AEW wrestlers are way overpaid, at this point they shouldn't even complain, i would love to sit at home and do nothing and still get paid huge money for it
man its sad how much AEW has fallen :( a problem i had was the paper views was too long, i went to full gear and it ended around midnight for a regular paper view.
I agree wit most of deez I personally like tha hardcore stipulations cuz we don’t get diz type of stuff n wwe or TNA, dey do need better booking and better storylines, edge could be a very good signing IF dey put him n good storylines, as for tha talent dey been mishandling dey need to book dem rite cuz most wrestlers from the pg era are retiring or gonna retire n a couple years or more, as fo Darby allin I personally like tha bumps he take but just dey need to stop making him take deez extreme bumbs dey can save dat fo ppv, as fo Jon moxley bleeding 🩸 a lot I personally like it, and finally about tha not looking like freaks of nature idc for not err wrestler Needs to look like dey on steroids but it does help they’re appearance BUT for the people who don’t have abs dey r still good n tha ring ( ex: Adam Cole, Eddie Kingston, chuck Taylor and etc ) but you made sum VERY good points
I think it’s safe to say that you were dead on when you said the product went down hill post Cody. Cody was instrumental in the success of AEW. He worked similar to Vince at gorilla and in production, as well as worked closely with talent and had a huge behind the scenes role.
He's right about one thing, some of you act like your personal identity is being attacked because someone pointed out the wrestling you like is mid now.
Stop being stereotypes, go outside and play 😂
Soooo true, some AEW fans really need to get a grip.
It's MID 🤣🤣🤣
Tranquilo Club fumbled the bag.
LOL
I get the CM Punk one, CM Punk shouldnt of been causing so many problems, no matter who started it, CM Punk still played into it, you can't deny that, he was a morale problem and reputation problem for the company
He still drew massive numbers though
Yes CM Punk is a problem but he's the only star they had that draws, they should do everything to kept him around even if they had to fired any of the hangman/omega/youngbucks/perry
Vince faced this problem too with Shawn in the 19s when he notoriously controlled politics backstage and become a headaches to everyone that he doesn't like but Vince doesn't fired him, instead he kept him around for years until he created a new star in Stone Cold. So if you're saying AEW firing CM Punk was the right decision just because he's morale problem for few people in the locker room just think about again
@@AgeOfWrestlingthose number means nothing if you think you are top dog and do whatever hell you like to do as drug addict .....it's okay if he messed up with Kenny ...but he repeated the same again .....thats what really pisses me off but aew did the best thing I hope they have realised sooner than late how important the home grown stars are
@@teemimika7105and this is overrated for sure micheals has impressive inring abilities and promo skills that punk hadn't he always feels microphone is the power a talker never be a draw all the time ....time if rock would there if Vince wouldnt there if perfect seller of stunner wouldn't there then who cared stone cold if he connects stunner to any random guy his situation would be same as mox he connects death rider upon people but couldn't get the reaction he expects so in order to keep company safe we got to take huge decision sometimes from then he won't wrestle Jack Perry elite ....if he recides in aew some more time he would have differences with some other and won't work them too it will end up like he who needs wrestle with himself
@@_A-jl6uvi doesn't understand a damn thing because of your terrible english lol so what's your point? CM Punk had a impressive in ring skill and great promo himself too, he had better attitude than Shawn did and he pissed less people than Shawn did
Those last four...oh God I remember the hype and excitement when AEW first came about. DON being a huge breath of fresh air and renewing my love for wrestling and filling in the voids that NXT couldn't fill because of limitations to the PG rating. I remember the first episode of Dynamite when I was in awe from the start then hanging on the edge of my chair with insane adrenaline pumping through me during the post main event brawl. I understand there's a honeymoon period but the way TK has handled things the post HM period has been a stale nightmare. There needs to be more maturity all across the board. That alone would solve a lot of problems.
I don't even call it AEW. It's nothing but a Retirement home for WWE superstars/legends.
All Elderly Wrestling
The whole civil war between the Elite and CM Punk could've been avoided if Tony did his job as a manager.
Hangman should've got punished for going into business for himself during the promo battle with Punk that set everything off(when I say punished I mean like a solid few months of jobbing to send a message to everyone that going into businesss for yourself wont be tolerated). The Elite definitely had a hand in the rumors about Punk being behind what happened with Colt, Tony should've put a stop to that IMMEDIATELY and let them know that if they didnt conduct themselves better their titles as EVP would be revoked. During the scrum when Punk had his legendary meltdown, Tony should've cut off the mic immediately and ended the event there instead of allowing Punk to implode while he sits beside him like a scared child. The Elite(mainly the Bucks because reportedly Kenny was mainly there to support them), should've been kept away from Punk after his meltdown till formal mediation could happen. Punk honestly shouldn't have been brought back after the brawl, but he was given WAY too much power upon his return. The Elite should've been made to participate in mediation with Punk to get everyone on one accord, instead of acting like they had a choice in the matter. And Jacka** Perry should've been fired along with Punk because he initiated that fight by antagonizing Punk.
There are just so many situations where Tony kneecapped the company and exacerbated problems by failing in his management of the talent.
What problems do you have with AEW?
They lost their identity.
I feel like the women's division needs to get better
1) we just need 1 solid dynamite instead of 3 shows
2) we need to unify all the aew and roh title close roh entirely
3) we just need 1 woman champion not 2 or 3
4) we need less payper view a solid w payperview every 2 months with proper build will be so good
5) we need cm punk back
@@iamjabby3688 Dynamite has been really good lightly wasn't perfect but it has good and a focusing more on storytelling and to build up to full gear has been really good but yes I do agree about having a shorter match card
Get Jeff Jarrett off dynamite literally nobody asked for this guy and he’s constantly getting prime time why I don’t know.
Claimed they wouldn’t make the mistakes wcw did …. Made all the same mistakes wcw did just before it closed down
Can we get one of these for WWE too or make this a series? Like making it a longer video comparing them both
Highly doubt that WWE has
99 problems though.
Damn I just shed 99 tears to this.. I was the person who hadn't missed an episode of aew dark for a year initially, and now I haven't properly watched dynamite even in weeks.
Tony khan is a mark and wants to be liked by everyone. That's the biggest problem.
The fact that Athena is doing her best work in Ring of Honor is really disrespectful because she should be on Dynamite or Collision but for some reason, she isn't? I smell some bullshit.
I think you're 100% spot on about Keith Lee just being another guy, whereas in WWE he was seen as a star. That's the biggest problem with AEW imo, guys are just... there. Like there's very, very few big names, the rest are just good wrestlers. That's not enough in wrestling, regardless as to what people say, being a good wrestler isn't enough in wrestling. Your whole gimmick can't be "I'm a good wrestler" because it's boring, there's so many good wrestlers that just having this as your gimmick isn't enough.
AEW has lost atleast 60 or more Pro Wrestlers!! CM Punk! Cody Rhodes! Brandi Rhodes! Jade Cargill! Brain Pillman Jr! Willam Regal! Awesome Kong! Bobby Fish! Andrade El Idolo! Cora Jade! Jonathan Gresham! Dragon Lee! Sting! Shawn Spears! Ethan Page! Doc Gallows! Karl Anderson! DDP! Mark Henry! Mike Tyson! Jake Hager! Chavo Guerrero! Vickie Guerrero! Tully Blanchard! Arn Anderson! Brock Anderson! Teal Piper! Dennis Rodman! Sabu! Big Swole! Lio Rush! Kylie Rae! Stu Grayson! Laredo Kid! Mike Santana! Joey Janela! Frankie Kazarian! Jimmy Havoc! Raven! Bret Hart! Alan Angels! Tommy Dreamer! Jazz! ODB! Paige VanZant! Erick Rowan! Ryan Nemeth! Shanna! Josh Barnett! Kenta! The Bunny! Bea Priestley! Jake Atlas! Parker Boudreaux! Fallon Henley! Kiana James! Blair Davenport! Gigi Dolin! Emma Dashwood! Matt Hardy! Soon to be Jeff Hardy! LOL.
Kip Sabian can’t be a jobber, he is amazing
I'll give it to him for hitting the gym. He used to be scrawny.
Two-time Booker of the Year Tony Khan was able to do something no one else could achieve. Through his efforts CM Punk was able to appear on RAW, Dynamite, Smackdown, and Wrestlemania in the same week. Good job Tony!
They are I there 2002-2007 lakers era, which is the last time lakers were in their prime 🫡 I really like both companies as well
The black and gold NXT was always better than AEW...AEW just had the hype,now it's becoming apparent to everyone that AEW actually sucks, I'm not surprised 😅
They weren’t always this bad though, they were amazing between 2019-2021
@@AgeOfWrestling Well I lost interested immediately when I saw the young bucks for the first time wearing that Ghost busters outfit, and I never watched again until C.M Punk was there but that didnt last very long
bs, nxt black and gold was great on PPV but most of the weekly shows were mid ESPECIALLY when they got on TV and extented the show to 2 hours
#12 is incorrect tranquillity club has already said he didn’t get booking advice from him they just had a regular conversations with him
I read that Tony khan asked TC what he could do better with regards to AEW. That’s asking for advice pal.
Still embarrassing regardless. Imagine Vince McMahon contacting Pllana Productions or TheGreatOne! 😂😂😂😂
Number 100 "Mishandling Mark Briscoe" They could've make him such a big star after the tragic death of Jay. Instead they use him four times, he get injured and now they job him in the tournament.
I challenge you to make a video of 99 things they are doing right so we can consider both sides and meet in the middle.
Sorry too sound like a Broken Record but this awfully sounds like WcW
I sadly agree
100th problem: Sexual Missconduct being brushed aside by Tony Khan
If you’re talking about jericho he didn’t do anything illegal didn’t harass her or anything he just made a move on her
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS VIDEO
Good vid. The only problems I disagreed with are ranking system and the womens wrestling.
I am still an AEW fan but im starting to see the flaws for sure. Im not sure what Tonys obsession is with the elite but i think their pretty mid outside hangman. Hope they bounce back for sure
Good list would love to see a wwe version of this!
There are not even close to 99
problems though
I wish I could do a WWE version but I barely watch WWE lol 😂 I only pay attention to Cody Rhodes, LA Knight and Roman
@@mjstory1976the thing with WWE is any backstage problem would not be known until years later. It would just be on how the product being presented.
I love AEW reminds of the early 2000s also I love that they have grown in house talent they have a few of the top guys in the world I didn’t expect that so soon
I had to google what are you talking about Ric Flair and all I found is one incident from 2002 but the case wasn't really resolved because WWE settled the case. Did I miss something more?
100 - Tony Khan on interviews is embarrassing himself, talent and the whole company.
#63 - the toxic fanbase is why I eventually completely stopped watching AEW. It's hard to get hyped for their shows when I don't want to talk to or be around most of the AEW fans I meet.
4:21 i'm now wondering if TK watched this video and got the idea, and still failed
Wait, what's wrong with Matt Hardy? I am lost with that one
You was speaking real facts bro wcw was really like the sameway back in the day
WCW was the Biggest wrestling company in the world beating the WWF for 83 weeks in the ratings
& guess how that work out bad booking & backstage politics
you don't know shit about WcW
It's kind of sad to say, but I mainly watch videos like this to see the fan reactions. Honestly, it amazes me to see the fan base reactions to observations and thoughts. I will admit, I am primarily a WWE fan, not so much for the product anymore but because of the storylines. That doesn't mean i watch every show because with their storyline I can afford to miss shows and still keep up. In fact, at this point, I primarily watch wwe PPVs, but as someone who has been a fan of ROH since 2014, and who has been a fan of Kenny Omega and and of NJPW since the early bullet club days (AJ Styles era), it is just absurd how people can look at some of the things that these wrestlers are doing now and not feel slightly disappointed. At the end of the day. I am a wrestling fan and I want AEW to be better, not just for myself but for all the great wrestlers they have who are lost in the shuffle and it amazes me how so many people seem to think it's ok for AEW to make the same mistakes as WWE, because as a WWE fan I can 100% that WWE booking needs improvement, that WWE did have a legends and part timer problem, that I hate WWEs mass firing and that WWE has fumbled on top quality stars, and i hate how WWE does not place as much value on the technical wrestler (at least Vince didn't). But at the end of the day, I want to see great matches and AEW has had those and still does, but I feel the focus needs to return to AEW and the AEW product because I can 100% say they have the best roster of talent today but they need to focus on highlighting those stars and elevating their product.
4:24 they played the "Footage" way too late