Tonight, AEW Collision comes to us from Arlington, Texas!
The card for tonight’s show will be:
AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contendership Match FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens & Max Caster)
And more!
Please check your local listings and AllEliteWrestling.com for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!
So, and I mean this genuinely, I think I figured out why AEW hasn’t been clicking for me. It feels much more disjointed, more like a Japanese promotion in my opinion, which makes a lot of sense. The problem arises when I am able to follow the storyline with out the language barrier, and it just feels off to me.
I’m going to continue watching all that I can, and try to stay open minded. I’d love to hear some opinions on this, and clarification if needed. I’m not coming in with blind hatred, just a lack of understanding
I’ll pretty much echo what Travon said. AEW does indeed style themselves after Japanese promotions a good bit (given TK’s big love for NJPW and such), you could say half-n-half US style/JP style. You still get segments, promos, story and such as you would in American wrestling but they also emphasize the story being told through the wrestling more, more ‘just because’ matches instead of requiring story reasons for every match to occur (which I hate lol), having frequent post-match promos (which Japan loves doing) etc.
I’m a big Japanese wrestling guy so after all these years the styles just kinda blend together and you don’t notice it as much 😅, but it’s definitely not just you. Shut the brain off, let it take ya for a ride as far as it can. It’s pro wrestling afterall, give it 2 weeks and stuff flips from ‘everything makes sense’ to ‘what the fuck?!’ regardless of company lol.
Lmao, yeah, this all makes sense. See, my partner and I love the soap opera drama that WWE brings. No one can do it like Lucha Underground though. Telenovela perfection
Yeah it’s alot less like WWE, which has its own “universe” and feels more like a TV show with a central plot season to season
AEW is literally all of the “Elites”, a super Indy. With that being said, alot of the storytelling is in the ring through the characters and less on segments. We won’t necessarily get everyone on TV every week even if they are involved in a feud/storyline.
Yes, that is it exactly! WWE and even TNA feel like cohesive television shows.
Do you have any suggestions for how to enjoy it more? I get that is kind of an absurd question, but gathering different point of views can help me to see it in a different way. Right now I just kind of turn my brain off and watch wrestling
Sadly no, I have a pretty good memory so alot of the matches at least make sense to me.
Turning off your brain somewhat and just enjoying wrestling is probably the best way. Pick your favorites and hope they get some decent TV time to showcase themselves. Besides that, I don’t really follow NJPW so seeing the clash of styles or differing stories of each match is great.
Awesome, thanks for the response!