Why isn't AEW this real or exciting anymore?

Phil’s gone

>>18138479 (OP)
there's no heat in anything they have going on

>>18138479 (OP)
LETS TALK ABOUT WORKERS RIGHTS
>cabana is still off tv four years later

>>18138479 (OP)
boring and predictable booking
ran out of "dream matches"
make awesome guys from other company look like any other generic guy (looking at okada)
too many belts (yes, WWE has this issue too)

if hangmaam doesnt win the title next saturday there might be a second AEW exodus of fans

>>18138494
for me it's when they put him on TV immediately after Punk left and Cabana almost killed himself and Jericho

>>18138479 (OP)
>back when this dogshit company had interesting promos
Still funny how Tony books a 20 minute random promo now to build up feuds to try and copy what MJF and Punk did, but since punk left no one gives a shit and you can tell how fake it is

>>18138479 (OP)
Because Phil left. AEW fans hate to admit it, but it's true. It's damn true. He's the only guy in the industry who can bring out some worked shoot energy out of people who are usually flat.

>>18138497
>if hangmaam doesnt win the title next saturday there might be a second AEW exodus of fans
And if he does win they'll all quickly remember how boring his first title reign was before the Punk shit livened it up

Fuck Phil Brooks. Cm Punk is a cool guy tho

>>18138479 (OP)
Ospreay and hanger cut real promos every week

>>18138479 (OP)
The MJF falloff is a better example. What the fuck happened to that kike? Punk made him look like a mega star now he’s floundering big time.

>>18138621
real promos about how much aew sucks right

They torpedoed the company’s biggest draw over COLT FUCKING CABANA

>>18138629
yuuuuuup

>>18138479 (OP)
kek look at cuckmans face "please adam, please don't expose me"

>>18138479 (OP)
Been over since:
>Punk left
>they changed the aesthetic
>LED stages
>LED barricade
>LED apron (thankfully, that's gone)
>got rid of the original tunnels
>the condom tunnels
>the downsized arenas
>dwindling crowds
>feared for my life
>no Wardlow
>no Ricky Starks
>no Jade
>no AEW Dark
>white ropes
>gay new theme song
>no Sasha
>no stuttering JR
>no special stages like in 2019 with bikini girls
>no special venues like the cruise ship
>more flippers than ever before
>no Eddie Kingston
>face MJF killed his potential

They used to feel like a lighter version of 98-99 WCW, but fumbled HARD. Now it's never going back. You can't force-recapture that kind of organic hype, timing, and feeling again.