AEW seemingly had a mushy reset after WrestleDream on October 12, as the corporate appears to construct up its tales for the longer term, whereas additionally trying to spice up its scores, which have significantly dropped in comparison with final yr. Dave Meltzer analysed AEW’s state of affairs on the “Wrestling Observer Radio,” and utilizing his account of witnessing the October 16 episode of “AEW Dynamite” dwell in particular person, he believes that the corporate lacks essential occasion stars.
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“Christian [Cage] and Jay White will not be a essential occasion,” Meltzer mentioned. “There’s essential eventers and there is good staff, and you can also make folks essential eventers, however till they’re, they are not essential eventers. That was an ideal instance…It wasn’t a essential occasion, and there was nothing actually massive marketed. As a present, it was a simple present to observe dwell, however there have been no nice matches, and there was no nice storylines — I suppose the comply with up on Jon Moxley on the pay-per-view and the Adam Cole promo, and folks noticed the Adam Cole promo proper on the very starting. AEW does want good matches or folks aren’t going to observe the present.”
Meltzer’s co-host, Bryan Alvarez, famous that there was a renewed focus from AEW to promote matches and exhibits upfront, with a number of matches already booked for occasions which can be nonetheless weeks away on the time of writing. Meltzer admitted that’s an enchancment on what the corporate was doing, however so as to get folks to observe and purchase tickets, they should be matches that folks need to see, no matter how effectively they’re promoted.
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