Welcome to WCW in 2021
As a wrestling fan back in the mid to late 90’s you were gifted a great war between two companies trying to out do one another and also steal each others talent once released or with a big money contract. We saw what happened back in 2001 with the selling of WCW cause they couldn’t hang with the WWE. Well 20 years later we are seeing a war between two big wrestling promotions that both have endless supplies of money trying to out do one another.
AEW has got to look at itself and realize just how comparable they are to that WCW product and also the douchiness that is running it. Tony Khan is the owner of AEW his father is Shahid Khan owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham FC. Tony Khan has always been a wrestling fan and his pockets are deep. With out Tony AEW doesn’t get started and also with out Tony during this pandemic they fold since they have been holding all their shows at the Jags facilities. So the Khan’s are just like Ted Turner who owned WCW, deep pockets and a love for the product that wanted to get involved. Then you have the four vice presidents of AEW, you have the Young Bucks, Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega. The four of them write the story lines, get talent, and also wrestle which 3 of the 4 are champions in AEW. Like WCW let Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall help with story lines, get talent and they also always had a title between the 3 of them.
The Other big comparison between WCW and AEW. When WWE released talent or talent was coming up they would swoop in take them and put them right on the spot light. AEW has done this better than WCW to a point where if I was an original AEW wrestler I would start to get frustrated by the amount of former WWE guys coming over and taking my spot. Chris Jericho, Matt Hardy, Brodie Lee, Jon Moxley, Miro, Shawn Spears, Britt Baker, Pac, Cody Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, Billy Gunn, Jake Hager, Big Show, Mark Henry, FTR, Andrade, and Sting. This is the biggest comparison to WCW I have, you have guys who just weren’t working in WWE or frustrated bolt and go to WCW and they are made a star. I will say this, AEW has a great product and I enjoy watching it weekly but they have to stop taking on all these guys and build their roster from within. They have some talented guys that will get buried if they keep this up. Guys like MJF, Adam Page, and Orange Cassidy need to be showcased more than they are and built around. WWE just released more guys and I for one am hoping AEW passes on all of them. Look at the past and see that it just doesn’t work.
