AEW Called Out Over Patting Themselves On The Back For A Pointless Win

Eric Bischoff is a veteran in the pro wrestling business and is undoubtedly one of the greatest minds to have ever worked in it. He is well aware of the changing landscape of pro wrestling as well. It seems Eric Bischoff isn’t done criticizing AEW just yet.

AEW Dynamite made its debut in October 2019 and since then has worked hard to provide an alternate product to what fans see in WWE. For the most part, they have succeeded, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.

Tony Khan recently revealed that he was over the moon after AEW Rampage beat Friday Night Smackdown in head to head ratings. Eric Bischoff previously criticized Tony Khan for burning up talents in AEW.

While speaking to GOW Media, WWE Hall Of Famer Eric Bischoff talked about AEW and WWE’s current competition. Bischoff stated that AEW is simply patting themselves on the back for a meaningless win.

“AEW are patting themselves on the back and cracking champagne in the locker room just for the fact that they delivered 1.1 million viewers on Wednesday night. WWE brought in 2.3 million last Friday night. In context, what does 1/10th of a percentage in a specific demo really mean? It means you got clickbait, it creates the feeling that ‘oh there’s a war coming’.

Everybody wants the Monday Night Wars to be back so bad that they are picking and choosing little elements of the wrestling business to use as an example of their belief that it is really happening. Until AEW goes head to head in a real battle and takes market share from WWE, it is like me talking sh*t about Conor McGregor.”

There is no doubt AEW will keep on striving to better their product so that fans remain happy for as long as possible. Despite that, it remains to be seen whether AEW will eventually be able to go head to head with WWE. Many fans believe that simple isn’t feasible and won’t be for a long time.

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