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 enjoyed the no-nonsense feel of the first collision however I won’t pass any judgment on it’s formatting till it’s settled into it’s routine in a few months.
I’m hoping the two more “serious” shows (Dynamyte and Collision) allow Rampage to be it’s own thing a little more, a little more mid-cardy, a little more Ex and Taz being theirselves. Let it actually gain an identity even if that’s stealing some of what Dark was.