Post by nottheonceler on Mar 10, 2021 19:00:18 GMT -5
I've generally been pretty forgiving of AEW in the past, as a lot of their seemingly bad ideas end up developing into something awesome (Like the Dark Order) but man I thought that PPV from top to bottom was pretty bad, all their bad habits were on full display. I think the lead is being buried here. The explosion malfunction is nothing compared to a show having interference on every single match. Not just a show, not just a PPV, but their "Wrestlemania" This is already a problem on Dynamite, and I understand having a heel cheat to win, or how having the cheating heels get thwarted can be a good payoff, but to have every single match involve some form of fuckery is way too much for me as a fan. Hope they can turn things around, but this company is starting to feel more and more like TNA to me, where there's way too many angles going on, and nothing gets a chance to just breathe. I'm constantly getting flashbacks to the dreaded TO THE BACK~! era of Impact I thought was long gone.
Tag rumble match should have just been Jurassic Express vs Death Triangle, as that's the only portion that was really entertaining and had any heat. Ladder match was needlessly dangerous, plodding, and devalues gimmick matches on a PPV that had enough. It seems they have a roster that's too big and they're constantly cramming extra people into segments, which maybe indicates you shouldn't be signing more, yet here they are scooping up legends who didn't make a difference to ratings 15 years ago, let alone now. The women's tournament, the best attempt they've made at adding legitimacy to an underwhelming decision, culminated with a run in beat down on the champ who barely got a chance to celebrate. Same thing happened when Riho became the first champ. Immediately Nyla runs in so they can start going to the next storyline. Can we please slow things down?
And finally, I hate the reactionary WWE stuff. I could tolerate the little sledgehammer to the throne bit at DON. It's cute on a first show. I can tolerate Chris Jericho "shooting" off the cuff to get the fans to drop the We the People bit. But now they're just shoehorning in cringey jabs at WWE with the Blood and Guts match, the brass ring, ugh, just stop.
Tag rumble match should have just been Jurassic Express vs Death Triangle, as that's the only portion that was really entertaining and had any heat. Ladder match was needlessly dangerous, plodding, and devalues gimmick matches on a PPV that had enough. It seems they have a roster that's too big and they're constantly cramming extra people into segments, which maybe indicates you shouldn't be signing more, yet here they are scooping up legends who didn't make a difference to ratings 15 years ago, let alone now. The women's tournament, the best attempt they've made at adding legitimacy to an underwhelming decision, culminated with a run in beat down on the champ who barely got a chance to celebrate. Same thing happened when Riho became the first champ. Immediately Nyla runs in so they can start going to the next storyline. Can we please slow things down?
And finally, I hate the reactionary WWE stuff. I could tolerate the little sledgehammer to the throne bit at DON. It's cute on a first show. I can tolerate Chris Jericho "shooting" off the cuff to get the fans to drop the We the People bit. But now they're just shoehorning in cringey jabs at WWE with the Blood and Guts match, the brass ring, ugh, just stop.