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Originally Posted by trackercowe

To me and anyone who watches AEW looks like backyard wrestling compared to WWE. Zero production values, spot
monkeys, and guys with beer bellies going against each other.

Sounds like you're heavy into aesthetics. Nothing wrong with that, but aesthetics aren't everything to everyone.

Then you have the hardcore deathmatch style matches in the nearly every main event, which gets tedious fast.

I think you and I have vastly different definitions of "death match."

There's some quality talent like MJF and Darby Allin, talent that may make something of themselves one day. Just right now the talent doesn't come close to WWE.

Of course not. WWE is a multi-billion dollar company with decades of brand-building. Expecting AEW to compete even within the first five years of their existence is silliness.

I don't know how you could disagree when many of the top guys (Mox, Rhodes, Rusev) were all in WWE and all generally failed as main event talent. They were given fair chances as well, and couldn't take advantage of it. Just the talent pool is far too great in WWE when compared to the small pond that AEW is.

This is a silly argument. Guys failing to make it to the top in one fed is not necessarily indicative of their talent. A lot of that had to do with WWE's booking. That's like Chris Jericho, Mick Foley, and Steve Austin shouldn't have been given main event cracks in WWF because they couldn't hack it in WCW.

[qutoe]Who would you say in WWE is not deserving of being in the main event or upper mid card?[/quote]

Granted I haven't watched the product in a while, but Goldberg going over The Fiend is one of the most egregious booking decisions in the past five years.

Corbin, Nia, and Lashley are three names that come to mind. All have been booked well over the years despite being about as exciting as a front porch.

I have watched every Dynamite and nearly every PPV as well. I'm keeping with it, but it still hasn't grown on me.

Again, you can't be everything to everyone. Where AEW seems to be excelling is bringing in new, younger fans. The demos really highlight that. If they can get the next generation of wrestling fans hooked into an alternative product that gives the WWE serious competition, every wrestling fan wins.