Just curious on what everyone’s high-level thoughts are on how they’re feeling on AEW’s current path/decisions/roster/etc. now that we’ve had a taste on how they’re going to go forward in this new situation of two ‘primary’ shows.
It’s seeming like there won’t be too much of a ‘brand split’ in the traditional sense, what with Acclaimed and Punk both being implied to be at Dynamite this Wednesday, so I’m curious as to how they handle things in that regard going forward, whether there will be relatively stable rosters for each that just tend to be on each show and some crossovers, or if it will be entirely freeball with the shows just filling up more haphazardly.
All things considered, personally I’m a fan of the structure that comes with a more hardline brand split, and how it forces shows to make more space for the lowercard just by necessity, so I was a bit sad to see it doesn’t appear to be going that way, but I’m hopeful they can go an interesting direction with things under the current arrangement.
I liked the first episode of Collision. I knew we were in for something special when an Elton John song opened up the show. The matches felt less about “get your high spots in” and more about letting the matches breathe.
Wardlow losing was really unexpected. Matthews/Andrade was amazing. Happy to see Miro back. Soho/Storm/Blue/Nightingale was fantastic, CMFTR/BC Gold was great, and Punk’s opening promo was a reminder that few are better on the mix than he is.
How this translates to AEW’s health overall is tough to say. Personally, with Punk’s promo, I’m hoping we get an AEW Civil War at some point. Those were some huge shots fired and the guy is so good at working literally everyone. It’s amazing he and Christian haven’t crossed paths