Apologies for poor wording Founded by Amazing Red.

Santana and Bayne are champions

TBF he runs House of Glory, a wrestling company started by Amazing Red and Mike Santana and Megan Bayne are his current respective Heavyweight Champions. So he's about as relevant to Wrestling as he'll ever be in 2025

Jesus fucking Christ. That's dumb. That is certainly not representative of the vast majority of AEW fans!

I block the disingenuous takes and its no loss to me. If their only way of saying they didn't enjoy Wrestlemania is to slate AEW then they are gone. It stinks up the AEW feeds.

However that's people being negative/tribal dicks.. no issues with actual fans

Agree but my understanding is he wanted to stick with Fenix which held him back significantly. Hopefully WWE realise what they have and dont just get bored or ship him to NXT Mexico

It was already dead when he bought it. He stopper WWE butchering it and had been trying to secure a long term future for it. Who has been lost since he bought it? Gresham? He was the main man at time of sale. Hardly one of the greats.

TBH I think your take is disingenuous. Comparing apples & shite.

I'd love to get into whatever app or groupchat lays out the anti AEW sentiments. Today's main talking point appears to be TK buying ROH & the AEW relationship with NJPW is just as bad as what WWE does to other promotions. There are too many different voices saying the same thing for it not to be fed

AEW literally bought ROH, which had gone under, to save it from WWE buying it & stripping it for parts.. WWE was furious that TK paid well over the odds to secure it. He's kept it going while still trying to get it a TV deal to give it a long term future.

The AEW and WWE models are polar opposites.

Fair.. although he is finally letting people go. I think he's still hoping for the extra show and/or ROH TV deal as well

White & Ospreay already had their runs at the top and elevated others. They were WWE bound if not for AEW and will almost certainly appear for NJPW while under AEW contract

Who are we talking about? Very few non Japanese top stars stay long term. Devitt, Styles & Nakamura, Kushida, Kenta jumped to WWE without second thought. AEW became a better option for them. When he signed young talent like Knight & Takeshita he let them also sign with NJPW.

WWE/TKO use their money to try and create a monopoly. Tony Khan uses his to create a better industry with more competition and better pay and benefits for talent. Night and day.

AEW has been slowly downsizing its roster for a while now. They also allow talent not being utilised to work elsewhere while still being paid. You are literally the only person I have heard in over a year (that isnt a WWE troll) claim AEW events dont live up to the hype.

Go on then... Explain how AEW is a "toxic waste" comparable to the MAGA company

First time I've not watched Mania in years and by the sounds I'm glad I didn't. Even more thankful for AEW and how spoiled we are!

In fairness i think the feelings you describe are exactly what the booking was aiming for. If the trios reaction is anything to go by then, when Mox is finally beaten people are going to lose their minds. It will be bigger than Danielson at All in. It's what they do after that which is key I think

I would argue Will, Swerve and Hangman all work but perhaps need the payoff less than a Darby type. I said the other day its a shame Yuta hasn't upped his mic skills as his story of coming out from the shadow of his ex WWE mentors/bullies would be a near perfect payoff.

Agreed. Butfor me, the reason was because of consistent booking for months and months leading into it to make every segment (ok maybe not MJFs!) so meaningful and effective... And finishing with a long awaited Deathriders payoff.

The final step is for Mox to put over a young talent big in the payoff match and set AEW for years. It may seem like the main event scene is a drag but it's deliberate and is being done by the same person who booked the Hangman Swerve feud.

Bear in mind the booking of the main event has been key to the growing success and exposure of AEW. Sales and viewing figures have been on the up for all of Mox's reign. He is the established draw and he is getting eyes on the better in-ring but less well known talent..

This video also showcases just how good a ref @dabryceisright.bsky.social is. There are 3 world class performers making magic in that ring!

Yes. It's the timing of the announcement I'm referring to though.

The reason i think it might be true is WWE is suddenly announcing a much less exciting Lucha show in the US straight after Tony announces a groundbreaking spectacular show in Arena Mexico. It really steals their Thunder but makes them look like they are reacting to AEW as usual

I sort of wonder if the opposite is true. If TK was fully aware this announcement was coming and stole their thunder by announcing what is likely to be a more popular show before they could do their big Mania reveal

I agree but it hasn't been helped by the management and talent spending much of this weeks media digging at AEW. That riled the fans and they end up taking it out on fed fans.

It's been better since AEW management started turning the other cheek but some of the interviews this week were a bit much

The WWE Wrestlemania week gifts to Tony & AEW just keep on coming. Turns out the "independent" criticisms of Konnan and the sudden attitude of the Lucha Bros had an alternative explanation all along. Tapping up once again. And Tony never had to bite or even acknowledge. The PR masterclass continues

You understand that ROH was dead when Tony bought it? And that he paid over the odds to stop WWE buying it to dismantle and absorb its roster into NXT?

It's not what it once was for sure but it could be much much worse.

No we're just weirded out by WWE using all its Wrestlemania media appearances to trash talk AEW. Slow motion car crash PR. Ok then.

Its's hard not to stick the knife into a company doing so poorly creatively that it's focussed pretty much all media appearances in its biggest week on attacking a company it claims isn't a rival.

WWE PR this week is literally a slow motion car crash.

AEWs response? World Class Wrestling.

Post some examples then. This is straight out of the MAGA "Our women's bathrooms are full of men" "The woke leftists are trying to cancel christmas" playbook.

Lots of fans love AEW but no one is claiming it's pure. That's a weird thing people like you have made up in order to criticise it