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Originally Posted by RastafarianMon
sure. but they went live and changed the time slot of when the show aired. attempting to stifle aew in itself is an admission that they take them seriously. not saying they fear the new company but they do see it as a credible threat.
you're being a contrarian for the sake of being one because you think you're above the average wrestling fan but the sad truth is that every single wrestling fan in existence has an inflated perception of their own opinion. you're no different.
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NXT was always on at 8:00pm. They got an extra hour because USA paid for it.
Why doesn't anybody seem to remember AEW getting a trademark for Tuesday Night Dynamite before they even had a TV deal?
AEW's original plan was for Tuesdays, in the wake of Smackdown moving to Fridays.
AEW spinning the big bad WWE trying to hurt us with NXT is utter bullshit.
If they went by their trademark, and THEN NXT moved to Tuesdays, they could say that. As it is, they scheduled their show at the same time NXT had been running for years, then got pissed NXT got a better TV deal than they did.
AEW's entire foundation is a work to garner sympathy against those meanies trying to hurt and hold them back.
It is the overall gimmick of the company, it is the gimmick of their champion, it is the gimmick of at least 5 other wrestlers, it is the gimmick of their producers, managers, ring announcers, and commentators. It is the gimmick they present in the show, in interviews, tweets, podcasts, and every other aspect of their lives.
They all think they are SOOOOO much better than WWE believed them to be because WWE doesn't understand anything.
Other than Cody, have any of them proved WWE wrong?
Spears got a Mohawk and zero personality.
Brodie Lee mocks Vince McMahon but nothing about him is must see. The Bucks even admitted he was like their 4th choice.
FTR is exactly the same, except now their tag opponents actually do way more flips, so their "no flips just fists" makes more sense.
Ryder is just himself without his woo woo gimmick, which was the only interesting thing about him.
Moxley is exactly the same, everything he does is goofy shit. I see zero difference from Dean Ambrose other than his name and attire. He has more gimmick matches, but that doesn't change his character.
AEW got incredibly lucky that Jericho wanted to be a part of the company. His on screen character has been amazing, but off screen he is every bit as whiney as anybody while promoting the big bad WWE agenda.
The entire company is in business because of the narrative "WWE BAD, AEW GOOD...but also look at all the WWE guys we have, but that doesn't mean we are Impact 2.0, so watch us and stick it to WWE, we are cool and hip and "wink wink" look how much fun we have, you can be in on the "wink wink" too, yay BE ELITE".