The problem is that Tony books something badly, it does badly, then he points to that as why he doesn’t do that again. Its not just the women but most of the card gets booked like this, its just more obvious for the women because they have so few minutes compared to the men.
Take whats happening with Shida, its the same old shit with random people being given random title shots, middle of the card for relatively few minutes. Contrast that to the amount of time and protection given to MJF with the other main belt. I am not saying that Shida and MJF are the same value currently to the company, but how on earth is Shida or any other woman meant to get to that same value if they are constantly bottom of the pecking order? I would place the woman’s belt below all of the AEW men’s singles belt for starters.
How this cycle with Tony normally goes is that he gets complaints and we see a woman’s title main event. However its very rarely given any extended build up, or in some cases at all, and the pairing seems reasonably random. The match is then expected to follow a banger of a previous match and has its time cut so its not a 20 to 30 minute epic that we see with the best men’s main events.
Random matches with little to no build work for dream matches like Bryan vs Okada, they do not work for Shida vs. Skye Blue or Willow.
Until you see time allocated for consistent under card promotion for women you are never going to fix this problem. And the women are fighting Tony, the other bookers, and other (male) wrestlers for that time.
The problem is that Tony books something badly, it does badly, then he points to that as why he doesn’t do that again. Its not just the women but most of the card gets booked like this, its just more obvious for the women because they have so few minutes compared to the men.
Take whats happening with Shida, its the same old shit with random people being given random title shots, middle of the card for relatively few minutes. Contrast that to the amount of time and protection given to MJF with the other main belt. I am not saying that Shida and MJF are the same value currently to the company, but how on earth is Shida or any other woman meant to get to that same value if they are constantly bottom of the pecking order? I would place the woman’s belt below all of the AEW men’s singles belt for starters.
How this cycle with Tony normally goes is that he gets complaints and we see a woman’s title main event. However its very rarely given any extended build up, or in some cases at all, and the pairing seems reasonably random. The match is then expected to follow a banger of a previous match and has its time cut so its not a 20 to 30 minute epic that we see with the best men’s main events.
Random matches with little to no build work for dream matches like Bryan vs Okada, they do not work for Shida vs. Skye Blue or Willow.
Until you see time allocated for consistent under card promotion for women you are never going to fix this problem. And the women are fighting Tony, the other bookers, and other (male) wrestlers for that time.