Here's another incoming rant, feel free to ignore it LOL
What annoys me is the sense that AEW and WWE are just set in their ways. As long as they have a core fanbase who pore enough money into both companies to keep them afloat, they will never try to change or improve in any way. Both companies are just coasting right now. They're not putting any real effort into anything. The talent are busting their asses, but people at the top like Triple H and Tony Kahn don't care and are putting the bare minimum amount of effort into everything that they do. And as is the case with everything in entertainment today, the problems are always at the top. Things have gotten worse in WWE since the TKO merger as the company just gets more and more corporate feeling every day. And while many people hated Vince McMahon, he at least had some unpredictability. Triple H's booking is so predictable it's ridiculous. I actually miss the crazy old man known as Vince McMahon.
Tony Kahn's not much better. His booking in AEW is stale as shit. His women's division has been dominated by two women for what feels like an eternity now in Mercedes Monet and Toni Storm. Toni Storm has been doing a jobber, joke gimmick and yet AEW made her their top woman. And on the other side is Mercedes with the TBS title who has had possibly the worst run of her entire pro wrestling career since arriving in AEW. And Tony Kahn just now put the women's title on Kris Statlander, who is an absolute nobody.
I miss DMD and Shida. Britt Baker is where AEW's women's division peaked and Shida was like the best joshi they had.