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The booking in AEW is so bad. If you start at the top, MJF vs. Danielson should be a classic feud, but it’s followed AEW’s own tropes and neither guy feels like they’re hitting the notes they should be. It’s like they’re all feuding with different people. The obvious arc of the feud is Danielson wants the belt, MJF twists the knife about Danielson’s best years being behind him and that being a shame. How fucking hard is that?
Adam Page and Jon Moxley are feuding about who takes more head shots in 2023. When they wanted a graceful exit for Mox from the the title scene, why they chose this guy who is supposed to be a top babyface is beyond me. Just let Mox take his vacation. If he’s sticking around, he should have had a heel to keep him tied up. A Lance Archer or something. It wouldn’t be brilliant, but at least it would make thematic sense.
By the way, what’s happened to The BCC? Why aren’t they helping Danielson? It seems like he’s buddies with this Takeshita guy, but he’s already got a faction. This doesn’t make sense.
Chris Jericho is doing his best ‘99 era Hogan. He’s trying to stick it to the world by “making” young guys while keeping himself over, only this hurts them and sets them back. Ricky Starks is going to be a damn fine addition to NXT.
Remember when Dave Meltzer said the AEW tag division was the best ever? He literally said it was the best ever. How’s that working out? He was delusional then, but even that sycophant would have to admit that even if it were actually great, it’s fucking not now, and that’s an indictment of the booking.
The Women’s Division fucking sucks. That’s on Tony Khan, but honorable mentions go to the genius mind of Kenny Omega and Britt Baker being allowed to play her bullshit backstage.
Speaking of Kenny Omega, it’ll be interesting to see what happens when “The Homer” is revealed. But even though he sucks and has done actual damage to AEW and its chances to appeal to people, do even his fans think this ill-advised trios bullshit is the best use for him? They paid for licensed music and tangled guys on the last leg of their contracts up in meaningless segments that lose ratings and damage the show. Maybe Omega could have been put into a program with Page for Revolution? That took me less than 5 seconds to think of and it works better than what they’re already doing.
This shit isn’t good. It hasn’t ever been good. The cracks that were always there are splitting more and more as the unprofessionalism of this shit becomes more and more clear.
What’s going on with Will Hobbs? Adam Cole? They start stuff and then it never goes anywhere.
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