Any question that a speedy episode of Dynamite raises for you can be answered with a Google search. Written show reviews, recap videos, Wikipedia and YouTube for talent you’ve never heard of. If you miss a segment or commentary gave a backstory too fast for you, we live in a time where wrestling fans have never been better equipped to get more information on their own. I do have a little more time for the argument that by having so many wrestlers doing so many things, the show is harder for fans to follow, but I think this too is exaggerated. History (and longterm ratings) shows that simply isn’t true. Some people act like fans are going to run screaming from their TV and never watch AEW again if they see a Konosuke Takeshita or Daniel Garcia on their screen and have no prior knowledge of them. Do you get every single reference, laugh at every single joke? Of course not, and you don’t immediately change the channel when something doesn’t immediately land for you because you know very soon you’ll see something else that will. I pretty strongly disagree with the first part of this because I subscribe to something I call the “80-20 Rule,” which says that if you like and understand 80% of something, you will be ok if there is 20% you don’t. Does AEW’s Roster Make Their Product Hard to Follow?įirst, there’s the thought among some that by debuting so many indie and foreign stars, by having a television program that is crammed with people and storyline developments, that AEW is too hard to follow and turns off fans. But if you’re Tony Khan? I think you gladly take the headache of some unhappy roster members in return for an embarrassment of riches in terms of workers.īut just because a problem is a good one doesn’t mean it still can’t be a problem, so let’s go through some frequently voiced complaints, starting with ones I actually either completely or partially disagree with, before we get to my own personal issue. If you’re a talented low to mid-card wrestler in AEW who feels like the talent logjam is stopping them from getting the push and money they deserve, I can understand their anger. It’s certainly better than the opposite of not having enough.
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