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AEW strengths not being capitalized

15th December 2022 by Scott Keith
Rants
I am rooting hard for AEW to get a streaming deal and they continue upward mobility as a great alternative to WWE. But I can't help to think how they are attempting to attract new viewers in 3 specific areas that confuse me:

All-Atlantic Title: Started out almost as the representation of the Forbidden Door concept with PAC, now it's just another singles title with Cassidy defending against other AEW talent. its TNT 2.0. And I loooooooove me some Cassidy, but he's made to perform in front of hot tv crowds. I don't think they'll go back, nor should they in regards to Orange, showing highlights on Dynamite of him defending against an international talent at Revpro or something.

Trios Titles: All the trios combinations they have at their disposal, and a new viewer has to wonder why they are seeing the same 2 teams every week. Now in their defense, the talent, matches are different and awesome. But we don't really see many competitive trios matches on tv to flesh out other contenders.

Tag-Team: If someone told me AEW had the best tag-team division since Nxt Black & Gold, and i should check out everything FTR is doing, I sure as hell ain't buying it with one of the hottest acts around feuding with Vintage TNA. I'm all for Jay Lethal in the dance but what in gods name are we accomplishing with Jeff Jerret? When is Roaddogs contract up? Am i going to see Billy Gun turn on The Acclaimed and bring back the Voodoo Kin Mafia?

Final Question: Are you for/against Ovi to pass Gretzky for all time goals?


I'm a Canucks fan. I had no emotional attachment to Gretzky growing up.

But yeah, the decisions made around booking of the titles has been baffling to say the least. I do enjoy Orange's ongoing open challenge format but I have no idea what the belt is supposed to represent anymore. I'm enjoying the matches between Death Triangle and the Elite but I literally never want to see them face each other ever again after they wrap this up. And yeah, Lethal and Jarrett as the next challengers for the Acclaimed is quite the choice. Why not put Kingston & Ortiz together as a regular team and give them something to do? Or Private Party, who have been aimlessly floating for months? Or fulfil my life's work and put Orange Cassidy together with Juice Robinson?
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