TK subscribes to the idea that criticism is negative and negativity is toxic. AEW fanboys get all up in arms when shit is called out for sucking with statements like “Well don’t watch it.” Because it’s hard to be good and have an actual effect on people, they pretend that there aren’t millions of people who have at some point been interested in wrestling when it was more to their liking. Now it’s the “please the room” mentality. They provide you validation and positive feedback that is geared towards reinforcing what you are already doing (which is easy).
There are not enough people in the room to make wrestling hot. There are way more people that want to like wrestling that wouldn’t be caught dead in that room, but TK doesn’t want to be honest about the impression his product gives. Pleasing the room is not challenging and isn’t going to see any long-term growth.
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