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Anyway, did I hate it, no. There are things AEW does that I enjoyed. The main eventers and tag teams all look very solid. They have a distinct sense that while they COULD push Cody, the Bucks, Omega out the gate, they haven't, and given Moxley, Allin, PAC, others time to shine. The commentary is pretty solid, because I think they all work well off each other. The problem is for the gravitas Ross gives (that they made such a big deal about), Schiavone and Excalibur do all the leg work and sound like they know the product more thoroughly. I suppose it helps they don't shill anything except upcoming shows...

The camera work in ring is pretty good, though I'm not sold on the entrance music or pyro. Most of the songs sound alike, or it comes off as WCW-esque rather than WWE's more identifiable gratfiying themes. Jericho's being an exception since that was a Fozzy song I already knew.

What I appreciate is they don't feel like they "hate" pro wrestling like WWE seems to. I'm not going to just go whole hog and say everything works, but there's a looseness and sort of "dangerousness" feel that still comes across as professional. Moxley wrestles completely differently, and it doesn't follow the same format...thank Christ.

I suppose what I will say is the Young Bucks match tried to feel way different and more "epic" than everything else except the main event, but it just wasn't for me. Good tag team coordination, but nothing I couldn't see elsewhere. I just didn't buy the hype. It was more of a showcase for Private Party yes, but I'd rather see the Lucha Bros wreck shit (Because Pentagon and Fenix were just insane in LU as singles. Them as a team? NEED IT NOW) than a Young Bucks match going forward.

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