Do you still prefer WWE to AEW?

aew by a long shot

Oh I'm a huge Darby fan, but in wrestling I prefer big matches to be the result of a feud. It reminds me of Summerslam 16 when Orton and Lesnar were booked randomly. 

I’m a lifelong, die hard WWE fan. Been watching for over 30 years. I catch RAW, Smackdown, NXT, and PPVs. But they almost seem to not even be trying anymore. I still watch the shows, but it’s a chore, and I have zero interest. I’m basically just watching because it’s become so routine for me. The product is overly sanitized and they play it safe way too often. And when I say play it too safe, I’m not saying they need to be more violent and do physically crazy stuff. They don’t take risks with ideas. Everything is very formulaic, they keep relying on the same guys, and everything is very cookie cutter.

Right now, AEW is far more exciting. The production value is always moving closer to WWE level, and it just feels like pro wrestling. I have my gripes with it, but it’s far more interesting than WWE right now.

I've preferred AEW to WWE since the day the company was announced.They have a better roster,in ring action,storylines..ect

However I am still and always will be no matter how bad it gets a WWE guy.When their hitting in all cylinders their isn't better pro wrestling then WWE.Problem is for years uts only be flashes here and their.Like Banks/Blair & Walter/Dragunov this year being examples of them doing great pro wrestling better then AEW or any other company.

I’ll always be a WWE fan, and I’ll always support them. That said, I can’t stand the current presentation. I hate the ring. I hate the entrance stage. I hate the announcers and their style of speech. I’m not a huge fan of most of the ‘entertainers’, I’m sick of seeing the same people face each other month in month out, even if the matches are good. I really hate how they bludgeon you with the woke hammer, and then blatantly and disingenuously pat themselves on the back for the most minor of positive deeds. It’s just not for me RIGHT NOW.

There are also some things that I really don’t like about AEW. Some things I downright hate. That’s ok though, because neither company is aimed at only me. However, I’m more in alignment with the direction and presentation of AEW right now. I’d rather hear JR stumble than Graves streamlined delivery of what Vince wants to hear. I’d rather watch people like Black, Darby, and MJF than people like Karrion (my wayward) Kross, Damian Priest, and Charlotte. AEW is faaaaar from perfect, but it really feels like that AEW is the direction that the business is headed. Nobody is wrong for liking one over the other, they are very different products. That’s actually what appealed to me most about AEW. I just needed something different. Impact has felt bush league for years, and there isn’t a single person on NWA that I care about.

I like Wrestling.

I gave up on WWE in 2004 and started looking at alternatives. I did get into TNA around 2005 and when Hogan and Bischoff showed up I thought TNA would go to the next level which never happened and I stopped watching wrestling completely around 2016. When I heard of AEW in 2019 and found out who the owners were and with Time warner getting onboard with wrestling again gave me confidence that we could have the true alternative to the crap WWE has dished out for many many years.

I can't forgive WWE for a 12 years of bad TV, shady affairs & political actions. They built up too much bad faith since 2009. I can't trust them.