Official Wrasslin' Thread (renamed to reflect the discussion)

GrandAdmiral said

Not to speak for Dave, but this doesn't have anything to do with AEW. I enjoy them, but there are better and safer ways of doing this. And believe me. If that mess was happening in the E I'd make the same complaint.

The reason AEW gets the backlash is due to their exposure to the mainstream. Smaller promotions aren't on TV on a weekly basis and can do large scale events. A few years ago, the E had that promo telling folks to not do that crap because they realized how kids and others were trying to pick up and getting themselves killed. Private company or not, AEW has a responsibility in this.

Let me also say that it's not just the Swerve/Hangman match. What happens if a kid tries to mimic Moxley and throw a plastic bag on another kid's head and something tragic happens?

In a world with YouTube and the internet, any child or any idiot can pick this up.

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I definitely understand (and appreciate) that you aren’t trying to speak for Dave. I also want to clarify that I wasn’t trying to criticize him. Responding to his post was more of a “jumping off point” and not a criticism of his post/posting history. I absolutely do not have an issue with him as a poster (he’s awesome).

Again, I understand if the content of those matches/segments were deemed to be “too much/too violent/too whatever” by someone. People can absolutely think AEW isn’t good.

However, I think that is different than calling something nonsense or garbage, especially when it was tonally consistent with a long-term story. *I do think it is different with added opinions/explanations, as you did about that particular violence.*

I do think that similar comments about WWE would be shouted down and insulted.

I don’t even post about WWE and I’ve been accused of posting things that I have not, name-called, insulted, and cursed about.

That’s all I was trying to say. I am not trying to throw a blanket shield over AEW.