You know, you said the same thing I have in my mind for the past couple of days. I will be truthful and say I would respond to this like a dick as I can see how this is dickish and I know if you "hate" for the Bucks and such, but I will not do such a thing. I personally began quit watching WWE because I got tired of it, got tired watching wrestlers I like to get nothing, and I have been more focused on Japanese Wrestling as a whole. Also, I do agree with you to some degree, if AEW starts doing well and builds stories better then I do think WWE will have to step up but at the same time, they may not due to having a loyal fanbase. So who knows. My biggest thing is that it seems like you can't like Wrestling as a whole no more. You are either WWE or AEW or IMPACT or MLW or whatever and that is it. I know that sounds somewhat funny coming from me a person who has bashed WWE but praised AEW, but I have gone back and watched their shows, or PPVs, and found things I didn't like or little misses here and there.
In all, I hope both AEW and WWE do well, even though I don't care for either company as a whole and only like certain wrestlers in them.
I believe that if AEW lives up to even a quarter of the hype it has both been given and given to itself, the WWE will have no choice but to step up what they are doing. I highly doubt they want to end up in another competitive ratings battle, especially if there is any chance they can lose. Personally, I like a lot of the current WWE product, but I do eventually want to see AEW beat them, just for one week, so that the product I prefer can step up their already good game and make it even better. Loyal fanbase or not, AEW is catering to the WWE fans just as much as they are the anti-WWE fans, no matter how much they might try to convince you otherwise, so there is bound to be at least interest shown from one side toward the other.
The thing about not being able to like wrestling as a whole is pretty accurate, though the same can be said about almost anything. The reason for this is that the diehard fans of either brand, whether it be Sony vs Microsoft, Apple vs Android, Marvel vs DC, WWE vs AEW, etc, tend to be the most vocal ones, whereas the people who enjoy both are usually on the quieter side, either because they want to stay away from the drama of the diehards, or they're too busy enjoying all the options, or whatever the case may be. I'll personally be watching both, and will remain as fair as I can be when forming my opinions, but at the same time, I also have my preference and loyalty so of course I'm gonna be leaning one direction a little further than the other. Also, I just like pushing people's buttons a lot of the times, so there's that too xD
I think one thing we can just about ALL agree on though is that AEW really, REALLY needs to step up its camera work. Whoever does the production on that makes Kevin Dunn look like goddamn Spielberg by comparison.
I'm not really THAT confident in the AEW...BUT I have enjoyed every
show that they have put on so far so for me that's a good sign.
I don't personally consider the AEW a "threat" or "competition" its
an alternative...& I want to watch an alternative...and I find Impact...
well...kind of pathetic as far as their production values go...and the
current intergender wrestling focus is off putting as all hell for me
despite their women's roster having some incredible talent at the
moment.
I'm done with the WWE Jeff...
I may even stop watching NXT at this point...because I just can't
bring myself to care about ANYTHING WWE related.
In fact I haven't watched NXT for the last two weeks...and I haven't
missed it for one moment.
I don't want to watch it, talk about it or complain about the WWE
anymore...& I've been told my "complaining/ranting" about the
WWE is annoying some members on here so I'm just not going to
bother with it anymore. So I will probably just focus on the AEW
& hope it gives me the wrestling fix I want...
And if I don't get that "fix" from AEW...well...then I'm shit out of luck.
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I'm not sure why the intergender thing is offputting to you, but to each their own. There are other alternatives, I still sorta think you'd dig MLW, although maybe not because their production is about on par with Impact's. If only Lucha Underground would've kept going...
If you're not missing the WWE, then good for you I suppose. I guess I could have directed my question at pretty much any AEW fan, but I know most of them will continue watching WWE to at least some extent, whereas I know that you'll manage fine without it. I was in your shoes a few years ago, ask Reag or Beavs. Completely gave up on WWE as soon as Styles debuted. Didn't watch a single show of theirs, switched to watching all the alternatives available, and felt totally fine with my decision. And then I went through a time where those alternatives weren't available, so I finally switched back to WWE, and it comforted me, and I felt home again. And now I pretty much watch it all (Seth, I'm open to talking about how great Naomichi Marufuji is and always has been pretty much any day of the week xD).
Um, yeah... I completely lost where I was going with that story, but... I was just curious to hear your opinion of that, because it's been something I've been wondering for a while now. Especially with so many people talking about how good WWE finally having competition again will be. Seemed an odd time to stop watching, is all. Hope it all works out for you
