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Originally Posted by Blaster86
AEW really need something not related to MJF to get big, which Okada should easily be.
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Honestly the booking has acted as a heat check for way too many guys over the last 2 years, and injury has hurt others.
Swerve was there...but then they turned him face (kind of) and now have him kind of heel again which has hurt his momentum.
Ospreay had pretty good momentum...but I actually think putting him into the title match with Swerve and then now a fued with MJF has actually hurt him too.
Okada hasn't been presented as the absolute super star he is since joining and his momentum was killed before it even got going.
Jay White as a singles wrestler has been booked to oblivion even before his injury (although I find Bang Bang gang entertaining still).
Hangman is being built back up now but he had booking issues for a bit in combination with injury / time off.
Is Blackpool Combat Club still a thing...still the most unnecessary faction ever IMO
And the home grown talent that was such a big part of AEW's early success really seems to have plateaued (outside of MJF).
MJF clearly a star...Darby, Perry, and OC are still around but honestly have lost momentum compared to a couple years ago...and then other pieces that used to be standouts that made AEW feel different are just gone. Wardlow, Guevara, Hobbs, Starks, Garcia, Yuta, Kris Statlander, Shida, the entire tag team division (somebody could probably write a whole article on how the ROH titles and trios titles seemed to kill AEW's tag division), Take####a (good push until it was just over) and others I'm sure I'm missing.
The most talented roster in all of wrestling...but Khan clearly needs some booking help at this point. And for the love of god get rid of ROH and trim the roster already.
Edit: To not be completely negative...I've loved the booking of Toni Storm and Mariah as that has been perfect. Hangman and MJF both bring so much to the show now that they are back. Ospreay is a star even if they've put him in weird spots by hotshot ting the feuds with MJF and Swerve. Swerve vs Hangman is a top fued...they need to give Hangman his revenge at some point.