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Lol, apparently this was in response to fans getting their backs up against Bischoff’s comments that they aren’t very good at telling stories (true). Someone posted a collage of their favorite AEW stories:
* Cody vs. MJF. If I recall, this was badly explained on TV. The Cody/Max relationship was brought up a couple of times, then MJF just randomly turned heel on Cody and they never touched again.
* Mox vs. Eddie Kingston. Yeah, nah. They went from being friends to enemies to friends again and now they don’t even interact. Wasn’t it based on “You used to be hardcore!” Cool.
* Page vs. Omega. Fucking shit. Page was a fucking loser, this derailed him, then they forced it down throats and even had to give Page time off to come back and get a big pop. Now he’s a flailing champion.
* MJF vs. Punk. Easily their best, but there are still flaws in it. MJF’s pretend face turn was placed in a weird position, and many people didn’t buy Punk falling for such an obvious ploy. Some feel it was too much blood. There are “issues” with this.
AEW’s ability to tell stories is one of their more overrated “qualities.” A lot of the time nothing happens, things are dropped or the context of a story is just weak. Look at everything Adam Cole has done since coming. Look at Danielson’s stuff. Punk’s stuff outside the MJF program has been, what? He bumps into Eddie Kingston? He gets attacked by someone and is mad?
They rely on tropes like anyone else who gets slammed. And it’s usually a big fuss for nothing. It’s not just Eric Bischoff that thinks this. Variety did an article where people enjoyed WWE’s storytelling a lot more (by quite a margin, if I recall). Sometimes you just have to accept something and admit your preference is subjective bias. And sometimes if you want to get better at telling stories, you’ve got to actually listen to and accept criticism, instead of just saying “No, we are awesome!” and making the same mistakes over and over.
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