Not sure how to start this off. Not sure if this is a widespread issue or just something amongst my friends but most of them are lapsed fans just like I am. Even though most of them haven't watched in 15+ years, it is not uncommon for me to call one of them and have an in depth discussion about some obscure angle from years ago. Many of them do not watch WWE anymore but they are vaguely aware of what is going on, if anything, most of them might catch wrestlemania once a year but that's about it.
With that being said, pretty much all of my friends loved the 2019 version of double or nothing and were excited for AEW but most of them lost interest about a week or two later. By the time Fyter Fest came around, I only had one friend still interested. He liked Fyter Fest but decided he was going to skip Fight for the Fallen and just wait until dynamite premiered. As you can probably tell, he lost interest as well and never watched dynamite.
This brings me to the Tyson-Jericho angle last night. With the exception of Austin, Hogan or Rock, I can't think of anyone more impactful that AEW could bring in besides Tyson. The angle from last night has been met by complete indifference amongst my friends. If this is a microcosm of the lapsed fan community, then this is not a good sign at all. I'm sure that AEW and TNT are happy with the numbers at this point but quite frankly, 600-700k with an occasional spike to 900k with no new signs of growth just isn't sustainable in the long term.
What does AEW need to do to reasonate with the lapsed fans? Is there anything that can be done at this point or is professional wrestling just on borrowed time? Did AEW wait too long to go to TV? It seems as if they have a small niche of fans while a good portion of the internet wrestling community seems to be completely ass-blasted over the mere existence of AEW.
With that being said, pretty much all of my friends loved the 2019 version of double or nothing and were excited for AEW but most of them lost interest about a week or two later. By the time Fyter Fest came around, I only had one friend still interested. He liked Fyter Fest but decided he was going to skip Fight for the Fallen and just wait until dynamite premiered. As you can probably tell, he lost interest as well and never watched dynamite.
This brings me to the Tyson-Jericho angle last night. With the exception of Austin, Hogan or Rock, I can't think of anyone more impactful that AEW could bring in besides Tyson. The angle from last night has been met by complete indifference amongst my friends. If this is a microcosm of the lapsed fan community, then this is not a good sign at all. I'm sure that AEW and TNT are happy with the numbers at this point but quite frankly, 600-700k with an occasional spike to 900k with no new signs of growth just isn't sustainable in the long term.
What does AEW need to do to reasonate with the lapsed fans? Is there anything that can be done at this point or is professional wrestling just on borrowed time? Did AEW wait too long to go to TV? It seems as if they have a small niche of fans while a good portion of the internet wrestling community seems to be completely ass-blasted over the mere existence of AEW.