One of my favorite things about AEW is that the wrestlers have organic on-screen friendships and relations to each other without only existing for a specific build, storyline, and match. For example, MJF and Shawn Spears or MJF and the Butcher and the Blade, and Nakazawa with Kenny, or QT with the Rhodes. It makes things more exciting and unpredictable, unlike in WWE, where anytime you see wrestlers interacting backstage it's because they have a match together, and that they'll forget about any alliance or hatred after that storyline is over. Also helps Moxley actually seem like a lone wolf since he's one of the few that hasn't built a strong alliance with anyone.
Tommy Sepulveda Man, I never could finish watching the last 2 seasons and I thought, “hey, wasn’t it on Netflix?” Then I saw your comment lol. Need to find it.
Yep, I've had the long, shameful talks with myself whenever I was watching some of WWE's worst moments. I must say, while I hadn't watched wrestling for a good few years, I've slowly gotten into AEW over the course of the past year and it's completely relit my passion for wrestling.
I've gotta say, i hoped to hear your opinion on the Stadium Stampede match. Anyways it's refreshing to see the wrestlers in creative control of their storylines, sure there must be some sort of approval anyways, but there's an abyss between AEW and WWE, and you can actually BREATHE that fresh air (and the actual joy to be working of said wrestlers instead of being miserable) through your television, as physically or virtually impossible as it should be, but goddamn if you can. The fact that they are steadily ploughing through during this pandemic crysis as a newfound company speaks VOLUMES. I've had my moments of complete Wrestling obsession, but i've never been this excited every time a Dynamite episode comes out, hell i even welcome Dark although it's mostly squash matches, but they still find a way to surprise you enough times to make it worth it.
Thank you. Most of my friends are WWE fanboys and won’t even give AEW a shot. They say there isn’t good enough talent... oh really? Omega, Young Bucks, Cody, Adam Page, Mox, Matt Hardy, Darby Allin, Jericho, Sammy G, Lucha Bros, Jurassic Express, and I could go on. That stadium stampede match at the last PPV was one of the best things I’ve seen in wrestling since the 90’s
Except wrestling isn't all western, as the wrestling scene is huge in Japan. I do see validity in your comparison though. It's part of the fighting/martial arts genre, which is the genre a lot of Shounen stories are in. Also, here is something to blow your mind: Hulk Hogan is Goku, Randy Savage is Vegeta, King Kong Bundy is Buu, the Ultimate Warrior is Beerus.
The world NEEDS a "Wrestling isn't wrestling" on the carreer of Chris Jericho! Guys, please upvote if you agree so that Max sees this. ...I mean you could also dissect the carreers of Randy Orton, Undertaker, Kane, and OH MY GOD, HULK HOGAN PLEASE.
Yeah, right on the spot. I'm embarassed when I watch WWE around my girlfriend, but when we watch AEW together I'm realy excited that she's watching with me.
Yeah, I'd basically drifted away from wrestling shortly after WCW got bought out, and kinda got interested again a few years ago after discovering Kenny Omega while watching a Street Fighter 5 tournament. Found BTE, watching some of the NJPW stuff, etc...and now into AEW.
AEW being announced January 2019 enabled me to quit WWE after that year's Mania. I haven't gone back to Dubya E since. AEW really is "What if wrestling, but good?"
I quit watching wwe back at MITB where Lesner who wasn't in the match won it. I cancelled my network subscription then and there. I don't watch it anymore and I grew up watching it from back in the early 90's. I do love my AEW, Impact, ROH, NJPW, and a few others out there.
AEW definitely got me back into wrestling I stopped watching after Punk left. Then returned in 2016 when they brought the draft back but then WWE fucked that up. AEW has been killing it!
Mostly agree here. Although there’s a few mishaps with AEW. The Nightmare Collective or whatever Brandi’s stable was and how that just ended abruptly. Same with Ali as the Bunny for the Butcher and the Blade, how she’s randomly with QT now. But for the most part, I’m in agreement. Just not 100%.
Stan Notsosaint I’m holding out hope for that’s where the story is going. Even then though, they could’ve explained why she left the Butcher and Blade even in storyline.
Ideas for another wrestling isn't wrestling, the undertaker. The years of ridiculous yet amazing stories he has from being an undead zombie man, to this weird horny cult leader, to a motorcycle cowboy, to an undead zombie wizard motorcycle cowboy, to an avatar of hell collecting souls, to a grizzled Billy the kid who doesn't know when it's time to put that badge and that gun down a cowboy constantly seeking his last ride.
Have you been keeping up with AEW / ROH. Curious what you think about the product now /Tony Khan / the whole CM Punk-Elite Brawl out thing. You should start just a pure wrestling channel!
My girlfriend use to always ask me why i watched WWE, whenever she did so i would reply back with a line of Max's from WIW, i would say "look, alot of wrestling sucks, but when its good ITS GREAT". as weeks of raw and smackdown went by and still nothing great happened i kept telling her "no like im serious, i know a lot of it is cringey but there is still gold in the shit". nothing would make her pop, she would just sit there on her phone buying time till the show was over. Then AEW happened and she went from reluctantly sitting with me whilst i watch wrestling to a full fledged fan within a month of Dynamite. She went from not knowing what suplex was to calling moves whilst they were happening on screen. she started to CARE about the characters and what was going on in an angle. its even to the point now where if we link up on wednesday she'll ask "did anything important happen on Dark?". although i much prefer AEW myself, i always wondered why AEW was so much more accessible for the non-fan audience. my mates would come over as i was watching Dynamite, and for the first time ever (when they would usually just talk amongst themselves as i skipped through Raw n Smackdown) they started sitting and watching. i believe the magic in AEW is that it is organic. this isnt a team of writers spearheaded by a 74 year old megalomaniac pumping out scripted promos, instead the show is driven by the wrestlers own creativity and the magic of adlib. these are people who exist in the real world, not McMahon in his Connecticut Fun House. its the little things too, like the commentary. i wish there was a button to mute cole, byron and corey and whatever idiot they call up next month. but when i listen to AEW im actually interested in what JR, Excalibur and Taz have to say as i know that what comes out of their mouth is entirely in their hands. AEW is the people taking back wrestling from the clutches of the Royal McMahons.
"AEW was so much more accessible for the non-fan audience" Not to be that guy, but the "accesible" Dynamite can't break the 1 million viewers on the ratings. While the "cringy" WWE is pulling 2 millions viewers as it worst creative period. AEW is better for the hardcore wrestling fan. But WWE is still more accesible to common viewers. Hard data backs this.
@@CarlMarxPunk WWE is an institution that has been cemented into American culture for decades. Most people who watch WWE have been watching it for many years, Dynamite hasn't even existed for a full year yet. Droning over this arbitrary number of 1 million viewers and the fact that AEW doesn't have as many overall viewers as Raw or Smackdown is simply ignorant. The "hard data" you speak of shows that Raw and Smackdown have lost a larger percentage of their viewers than AEW has during the pandemic. It also shows that AEW is getting closer in young adult and teenage demographics. To really catch up to Raw and Smackdown in demographics that matter, AEW will need a true breakout star.
@gorgoroth1919 It is an "arbitrary" number for the exact reason I cited. Please take a look at any website that keeps track of TV viewership numbers and you will see that shows are ranked by the 18-49 rating, not overall viewership. The reality is much more complex than your simple take. USA is currently paying WWE more than 250 million per year for RAW, TNT is paying less than a fourth of that yearly for AEW. Yet AEW typically does a 18-49 rating that is more than half of what RAW does. If these numbers stay the same, or continue to trend in the way that they currently are, their comparison will undoubtedly factor into future TV negotiations for both companies.
@gorgoroth1919 *Matt Hardy. But yeah, that was fucked up. Anyway, I'm muting this thread now because I don't wanna be reminded that Max Landis exists. Peace out. Watch Impact.
Would love to hear whether you think this video has aged well. AEW still has great things (Christian right now for example...wow) but it has also become a little bit of a joke in many areas.
I like bits of AEW. But it's nowhere near what I personally am looking for. I remember finally giving up on it after seeing Kenny Omega coming down the ramp in a bad Sans cosplay. You can say Kayfabe is dead but I'd still like to suspend my disbelief. AEW tries too hard to pander to smarks. WWE is bad too in different ways. I just wish we could have a promotion that tried harder to be realistic. NJPW is pretty close to what I want. There needs to be a balance of Gimmicks and Competition to make wrestling compelling and both WWE and AEW are just doing atomic drops onto gimmicks at the expense of the competition.
Respectfully disagree. AEW isn't consistently good. Sometimes tag matches feel like they take up too much of the show. The women's division isn't well put together. Sometimes I go away from the show feeling characters didn't develop and I just watched match after match. I will give you that they have good storylines but even as of lately WWE has been developing stories. Yes still lots of fat in that sandwich that can be cut but WWE is definitely showing a lot of effort now as compared to like 2015. AEW does feel like a good alternative to someone who wants something different but AEW needs to make names. It hasn't showed it is willing to. Look at their World Champions. Both former WWE champions. Yes they could be slow burning it but it has yet to be seen. Hell look at TNT Champion. Cody. Just not sure that is good for the long term.
Cornette: Brian who the fuck is this lanky goof who looks like he hasn't been in a real fight in his life? Brian Last: That would be Max Landis, John Landis son. Cornette: So another hollywood wannabe writer who thinks because he went to "college" and worked in hollywood he can talk about wrestling? B: Well, apparently, he likes AEW C: So on top of being the son of a murderer, he enjoys watching murders weekly on television. Well Mr. Landis if that's ineed your name, if you are gonna support outlaw mudshows, then all I have to say to you is thank you, fuck you, bye
I disagree for the most part. AEW is just as flawed as WWE, just in different ways. For me, the show doesn't have an identity of its own. It's an incongruous mishmash of various philosophies on what wrestling is, and they don't blend together well at all. You have one segment that's old-school 'meat and potatoes' wrestling, another segment that's Joshi style women's wrestling, an ECW style match, then another segment that's a full in the face post-modern wrestling parody. Being hyperbolic here but in movie terms, AEW is what a movie would look like if Tim Burton, Lars Von Trier and John Hughes all wrote and directed an act each without conferring. An interesting idea but invariably, a tonal mess. Every week I feel like I'm watching matches from four or five distinct wrestling companies with their own style edited together into one show and it just doesn't work... for me, it's all subjective at the end of the day. PS. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and screenwriting advice.
I actually love it for the very thing you feel is a flaw. I'm not saying you're wrong as this is just an opinion but it is the variety of content that I tune in for. NXT is producing a fairly consistent and athletic product with engaging story lines that pay-off but I know if I tune in then I'm likely to get one type of match: an NXT match, and if anyone has watched enough NXT they know what that is. AEW, on the other hand, you never know what you're going to get. Does that make the product inconsistent? Definitely but it is exciting and even if you aren't enjoying the match you're watching then you might love the next one. It also means the wrestlers are less homogenised. It means that the fact it is a Cody match or a Moxley match actually means something, which I like. It lets the wrestlers live and die on screen by their own merits rather than by whatever an agent has decided.
Eh AEW still is a variety circus gimmick. Just its a bunch of people choosing to do that instead of a single person directing everyone to do that. It feels more honest about it at least, but I kinda interpret it like the rumors of Solo before Howard came on.
Hate to break this to you, man, but wrestling started and survived for decades as a variety circus gimmick. AEW is doing as well as it is because the people involved know what wrestling is and aren't ashamed of it. It's not "sports entertainment," it's pro wrestling.
Every time I try watching AEW I'm completely disappointed. It just feels unpolished, especially the under card. There have been a couple of matches that blew me away, but they are few and far between. For me AEW and WWE have the same ceiling, but WWE has had a more consistent floor.
wrestling isn't wrestling 2: Y2J
This Needs to be Done.
THIS NEEDS TO STAY ON THE TOP SO MAX CAN SEE IT, PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN BOIS
I think I remember him saying on Reddit that he spent like 10k making the original WIW. Maybe he’ll do a fundraiser to do another?
100%
Just make it identical to the first one, but every character is played by Chris Jericho.
"Chris Jericho is the best wrestler of all time." That's a perfect quote to end an opinion video about wrestling.
One of my favorite things about AEW is that the wrestlers have organic on-screen friendships and relations to each other without only existing for a specific build, storyline, and match. For example, MJF and Shawn Spears or MJF and the Butcher and the Blade, and Nakazawa with Kenny, or QT with the Rhodes. It makes things more exciting and unpredictable, unlike in WWE, where anytime you see wrestlers interacting backstage it's because they have a match together, and that they'll forget about any alliance or hatred after that storyline is over. Also helps Moxley actually seem like a lone wolf since he's one of the few that hasn't built a strong alliance with anyone.
Is that dude still the woman's champion over there?
I'm imagining Max sitting there, watching wrestling in an otherwise empty room, apologizing to himself for watching Raw.
Especially last week's episode.
@@sonnybimbo2940 that message was 8 months ago and it still rings true for last week's episode also
WE NEED “WRESTLING ISN’T WRESTLING 2”
He got #metoo’d, he’s terrible I’m surprised he’s back
@@richarddweckcomedy no such thing as being cancelled lol
@@Shtave3 Yes it does, it's always existed, especially in hollywood and mainstream media.
0:00 - 0:04 it looks like he’s gonna eat the kitten
Edit: HE TRIED TO EAT THE KITTEN!!!
AEW made me realize that wrestlers didn't need to look depressed as fuck every time i saw them on tv.
I wish he mentioned Lucha Underground.
@@tommysepulveda6756 it's so difficult to actually track down LU and watch it. But aw fuk bois it's top notch
Tommy Sepulveda Man, I never could finish watching the last 2 seasons and I thought, “hey, wasn’t it on Netflix?” Then I saw your comment lol. Need to find it.
Facts, you can see little influences of it in bits of AEW, Impact, MLW, and all these cinematic matches lately
Love the recent influx of content Max! Always awesome hearing your views on topics and what projects you’re working on. Keep it up mate 😀
Yep, I've had the long, shameful talks with myself whenever I was watching some of WWE's worst moments. I must say, while I hadn't watched wrestling for a good few years, I've slowly gotten into AEW over the course of the past year and it's completely relit my passion for wrestling.
I've gotta say, i hoped to hear your opinion on the Stadium Stampede match.
Anyways it's refreshing to see the wrestlers in creative control of their storylines, sure there must be some sort of approval anyways, but there's an abyss between AEW and WWE, and you can actually BREATHE that fresh air (and the actual joy to be working of said wrestlers instead of being miserable) through your television, as physically or virtually impossible as it should be, but goddamn if you can.
The fact that they are steadily ploughing through during this pandemic crysis as a newfound company speaks VOLUMES.
I've had my moments of complete Wrestling obsession, but i've never been this excited every time a Dynamite episode comes out, hell i even welcome Dark although it's mostly squash matches, but they still find a way to surprise you enough times to make it worth it.
Thank you. Most of my friends are WWE fanboys and won’t even give AEW a shot. They say there isn’t good enough talent... oh really? Omega, Young Bucks, Cody, Adam Page, Mox, Matt Hardy, Darby Allin, Jericho, Sammy G, Lucha Bros, Jurassic Express, and I could go on. That stadium stampede match at the last PPV was one of the best things I’ve seen in wrestling since the 90’s
Kenny omega is the best wrestler in the world.
v b yeah, that’s why AEW beats NXT, hit a million viewers last week. Has beaten Smackdown and raw before and sells more t-shirts than WWE
What I love is how they tweak stuff that doesn't work instead of shoving it down our throats (hi Nightmare Collective)
You better do a Chris jericho is the best wrestler of all time video!!!!
he did one about ziggler
unrelated thought popped into my head: wrestling is just western shounen. that is all.
Wrestling is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure without the Stands.
Except wrestling isn't all western, as the wrestling scene is huge in Japan. I do see validity in your comparison though. It's part of the fighting/martial arts genre, which is the genre a lot of Shounen stories are in. Also, here is something to blow your mind: Hulk Hogan is Goku, Randy Savage is Vegeta, King Kong Bundy is Buu, the Ultimate Warrior is Beerus.
@@Airdathegamer How the heck is the Ultimate Warrior Beerus and not, say... Frieza or something?
The world NEEDS a "Wrestling isn't wrestling" on the carreer of Chris Jericho!
Guys, please upvote if you agree so that Max sees this.
...I mean you could also dissect the carreers of Randy Orton, Undertaker, Kane, and OH MY GOD, HULK HOGAN PLEASE.
Yeah, right on the spot. I'm embarassed when I watch WWE around my girlfriend, but when we watch AEW together I'm realy excited that she's watching with me.
James Webb they’re trying to hard to be wcw and not hard enough to be an updated ecw.
@@Thor-Orion they're not trying to be anyone but thank a god they're not trying to be ECW because they sucked.
The prequels bit was harsh, but fair.
YES! I was waiting for exact this video. Can you please record a one hour of you explaining to that lady who Jericho is? =O
Really enjoy your passion. You have a strong light about you. Happy I found your channel.
AEW should hire this guy as their lead creative.
I was already on my way to subscribing to AEW, but not in a hurry. Registering now. Love your passion and content, man!
I think this is the first time I'm agreeing with you on something. Lol especially with the last thing you said.
Would have been cool of you to mention NWA also. Wrestling has never been so diverse in this era.
Yeah, I'd basically drifted away from wrestling shortly after WCW got bought out, and kinda got interested again a few years ago after discovering Kenny Omega while watching a Street Fighter 5 tournament. Found BTE, watching some of the NJPW stuff, etc...and now into AEW.
AEW being announced January 2019 enabled me to quit WWE after that year's Mania. I haven't gone back to Dubya E since.
AEW really is "What if wrestling, but good?"
I quit watching wwe back at MITB where Lesner who wasn't in the match won it. I cancelled my network subscription then and there. I don't watch it anymore and I grew up watching it from back in the early 90's. I do love my AEW, Impact, ROH, NJPW, and a few others out there.
What do you think about 2004/05 TNA? I thought it was a really good combination of wwe like sport-entertainment and roh in-ring action. It was great
AEW definitely got me back into wrestling I stopped watching after Punk left. Then returned in 2016 when they brought the draft back but then WWE fucked that up. AEW has been killing it!
I love AEW. It’s amazing
Mostly agree here. Although there’s a few mishaps with AEW. The Nightmare Collective or whatever Brandi’s stable was and how that just ended abruptly. Same with Ali as the Bunny for the Butcher and the Blade, how she’s randomly with QT now. But for the most part, I’m in agreement. Just not 100%.
Allie is obviously a planted agent. The question is - who is the one she's trying to fuck up here?
Stan Notsosaint I’m holding out hope for that’s where the story is going. Even then though, they could’ve explained why she left the Butcher and Blade even in storyline.
I think she's a double agent.
@@prodigy616 sure. But I like how Excalibur is always asking her that and she just ignore that, not even trying to come up with anything
Ideas for another wrestling isn't wrestling, the undertaker. The years of ridiculous yet amazing stories he has from being an undead zombie man, to this weird horny cult leader, to a motorcycle cowboy, to an undead zombie wizard motorcycle cowboy, to an avatar of hell collecting souls, to a grizzled Billy the kid who doesn't know when it's time to put that badge and that gun down a cowboy constantly seeking his last ride.
I would love to hear your thoughs on the narrative of The Last of Us part II when you'll have the time to play it.
Same. That would be fascinating to hear.
Liberal Cringe Carnival.
I could never get behind Dean Ambrose in WWE. I FUCKING LOVE JOHN MOXLEY!!!
I saw him at the Toyko Dome it was electric.
Have you been keeping up with AEW / ROH. Curious what you think about the product now /Tony Khan / the whole CM Punk-Elite Brawl out thing. You should start just a pure wrestling channel!
Jericho could easily have the Wrestling isnt wrestling treatment
You should have had Jericho play Stephanie
My girlfriend use to always ask me why i watched WWE, whenever she did so i would reply back with a line of Max's from WIW, i would say "look, alot of wrestling sucks, but when its good ITS GREAT". as weeks of raw and smackdown went by and still nothing great happened i kept telling her "no like im serious, i know a lot of it is cringey but there is still gold in the shit". nothing would make her pop, she would just sit there on her phone buying time till the show was over. Then AEW happened and she went from reluctantly sitting with me whilst i watch wrestling to a full fledged fan within a month of Dynamite. She went from not knowing what suplex was to calling moves whilst they were happening on screen. she started to CARE about the characters and what was going on in an angle. its even to the point now where if we link up on wednesday she'll ask "did anything important happen on Dark?". although i much prefer AEW myself, i always wondered why AEW was so much more accessible for the non-fan audience. my mates would come over as i was watching Dynamite, and for the first time ever (when they would usually just talk amongst themselves as i skipped through Raw n Smackdown) they started sitting and watching.
i believe the magic in AEW is that it is organic. this isnt a team of writers spearheaded by a 74 year old megalomaniac pumping out scripted promos, instead the show is driven by the wrestlers own creativity and the magic of adlib. these are people who exist in the real world, not McMahon in his Connecticut Fun House.
its the little things too, like the commentary. i wish there was a button to mute cole, byron and corey and whatever idiot they call up next month. but when i listen to AEW im actually interested in what JR, Excalibur and Taz have to say as i know that what comes out of their mouth is entirely in their hands.
AEW is the people taking back wrestling from the clutches of the Royal McMahons.
"AEW was so much more accessible for the non-fan audience"
Not to be that guy, but the "accesible" Dynamite can't break the 1 million viewers on the ratings. While the "cringy" WWE is pulling 2 millions viewers as it worst creative period.
AEW is better for the hardcore wrestling fan. But WWE is still more accesible to common viewers. Hard data backs this.
@@CarlMarxPunk WWE is an institution that has been cemented into American culture for decades. Most people who watch WWE have been watching it for many years, Dynamite hasn't even existed for a full year yet. Droning over this arbitrary number of 1 million viewers and the fact that AEW doesn't have as many overall viewers as Raw or Smackdown is simply ignorant.
The "hard data" you speak of shows that Raw and Smackdown have lost a larger percentage of their viewers than AEW has during the pandemic. It also shows that AEW is getting closer in young adult and teenage demographics.
To really catch up to Raw and Smackdown in demographics that matter, AEW will need a true breakout star.
Me when Dynamite beat NXT by hitting 900: 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@gorgoroth1919 It is an "arbitrary" number for the exact reason I cited. Please take a look at any website that keeps track of TV viewership numbers and you will see that shows are ranked by the 18-49 rating, not overall viewership.
The reality is much more complex than your simple take. USA is currently paying WWE more than 250 million per year for RAW, TNT is paying less than a fourth of that yearly for AEW. Yet AEW typically does a 18-49 rating that is more than half of what RAW does. If these numbers stay the same, or continue to trend in the way that they currently are, their comparison will undoubtedly factor into future TV negotiations for both companies.
@gorgoroth1919 *Matt Hardy. But yeah, that was fucked up. Anyway, I'm muting this thread now because I don't wanna be reminded that Max Landis exists. Peace out. Watch Impact.
Wow, did you stop having HHH as your favorite wrestler?
*Time to play the gameeeeeeeeee*
No he's still my fav
The Triple H story is complete now
I didn't know you worked for wwe.
Would love to hear whether you think this video has aged well. AEW still has great things (Christian right now for example...wow) but it has also become a little bit of a joke in many areas.
The Stockholm syndrome point is do true
I bailed on WWE with NWA and AEW and haven't looked back
Make Wrestling Isn't Wrestling 2
talk about how triple H made WWE watchable again
Well, if I hadnt already subscribed, I would have after this vid =)
Everything is wrestling my man
Replace every instance of AEW in this video with Lucha Underground, and I agree completely.
Wrestling isn't wrestling part 2 The rise of AEW has to become a thing.
Chris Jericho should have played Chyna.
2:55 Huge missed opportunity to say AEW is a collaboration and WWE is a conglomeration. And that really does rhyme, lol.
I like bits of AEW. But it's nowhere near what I personally am looking for. I remember finally giving up on it after seeing Kenny Omega coming down the ramp in a bad Sans cosplay. You can say Kayfabe is dead but I'd still like to suspend my disbelief. AEW tries too hard to pander to smarks. WWE is bad too in different ways. I just wish we could have a promotion that tried harder to be realistic. NJPW is pretty close to what I want. There needs to be a balance of Gimmicks and Competition to make wrestling compelling and both WWE and AEW are just doing atomic drops onto gimmicks at the expense of the competition.
Was this done before or after dinner debonair?
my man got some brown eyes
New Japan number 1!
what was your inspiration for writing American Ultra?
Abso-fucking-lutley.
I love your hair and beard, man!
Kinda.. kind of jealous of that hair.
Should've had Goldberg as Goldberg too
Im glad your passion has not been brutally murdered since making the wrestling isnt wrestling video
Respectfully disagree. AEW isn't consistently good. Sometimes tag matches feel like they take up too much of the show. The women's division isn't well put together. Sometimes I go away from the show feeling characters didn't develop and I just watched match after match. I will give you that they have good storylines but even as of lately WWE has been developing stories. Yes still lots of fat in that sandwich that can be cut but WWE is definitely showing a lot of effort now as compared to like 2015. AEW does feel like a good alternative to someone who wants something different but AEW needs to make names. It hasn't showed it is willing to. Look at their World Champions. Both former WWE champions. Yes they could be slow burning it but it has yet to be seen. Hell look at TNT Champion. Cody. Just not sure that is good for the long term.
what if wrestling had a union.
AEW saves professional wrestling on a national level
Wrestling isn't wrestling: The undertaker, Chris Jericho or something out of Nowhere like tiger mask lol
I started watching this, but I forgot I don't care about wrestling. Thanks for reminding me.
Thanks for sharing
How did you feel about The Last Ride documentary?
Kitty! (Yes, that's why I clicked. Good choice.) The last time I watched wrestling was GLOW as a kid back in the 80s. Still an interesting video.
Hi, when did you work for WWE ??
I wonder what Corny's take on this would be...
Cornette: Brian who the fuck is this lanky goof who looks like he hasn't been in a real fight in his life?
Brian Last: That would be Max Landis, John Landis son.
Cornette: So another hollywood wannabe writer who thinks because he went to "college" and worked in hollywood he can talk about wrestling?
B: Well, apparently, he likes AEW
C: So on top of being the son of a murderer, he enjoys watching murders weekly on television. Well Mr. Landis if that's ineed your name, if you are gonna support outlaw mudshows, then all I have to say to you is thank you, fuck you, bye
@@CarlMarxPunk hahahahahaha
You worked for WWE? How was it?
I disagree for the most part. AEW is just as flawed as WWE, just in different ways. For me, the show doesn't have an identity of its own. It's an incongruous mishmash of various philosophies on what wrestling is, and they don't blend together well at all. You have one segment that's old-school 'meat and potatoes' wrestling, another segment that's Joshi style women's wrestling, an ECW style match, then another segment that's a full in the face post-modern wrestling parody.
Being hyperbolic here but in movie terms, AEW is what a movie would look like if Tim Burton, Lars Von Trier and John Hughes all wrote and directed an act each without conferring. An interesting idea but invariably, a tonal mess. Every week I feel like I'm watching matches from four or five distinct wrestling companies with their own style edited together into one show and it just doesn't work... for me, it's all subjective at the end of the day.
PS. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and screenwriting advice.
I actually love it for the very thing you feel is a flaw. I'm not saying you're wrong as this is just an opinion but it is the variety of content that I tune in for. NXT is producing a fairly consistent and athletic product with engaging story lines that pay-off but I know if I tune in then I'm likely to get one type of match: an NXT match, and if anyone has watched enough NXT they know what that is.
AEW, on the other hand, you never know what you're going to get. Does that make the product inconsistent? Definitely but it is exciting and even if you aren't enjoying the match you're watching then you might love the next one. It also means the wrestlers are less homogenised. It means that the fact it is a Cody match or a Moxley match actually means something, which I like. It lets the wrestlers live and die on screen by their own merits rather than by whatever an agent has decided.
I think you and most aew loyalist are more in love with the idea of aew than the actual product. It's just not that good
bruh why you hold a kitten like you tekashi 69
And NXT still wins the ratings over AEW
3:45 *BRUH WTF*
Andre the Giant was the best ever
I've given AEW a chance. It's by and large an embarrassment. I am also blown away that AEW is allowed to exist, but probably for different reasons.
1:40 no, it really doesn't.
Listen to Jim Cornettes view on AEW if you already haven't . It's very, oh.... entertaining. haha
What about those molesting allegations, Max?
Eh AEW still is a variety circus gimmick. Just its a bunch of people choosing to do that instead of a single person directing everyone to do that. It feels more honest about it at least, but I kinda interpret it like the rumors of Solo before Howard came on.
Hate to break this to you, man, but wrestling started and survived for decades as a variety circus gimmick.
AEW is doing as well as it is because the people involved know what wrestling is and aren't ashamed of it. It's not "sports entertainment," it's pro wrestling.
Yeah, you're right. After all WWE is that popular because it works. AEW is just trying to do less shitty job is all.
Every time I try watching AEW I'm completely disappointed. It just feels unpolished, especially the under card. There have been a couple of matches that blew me away, but they are few and far between. For me AEW and WWE have the same ceiling, but WWE has had a more consistent floor.
Give it time. They’re less than a year old and improving rapidly and constantly.