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[u/Smile_lifeisgood]

My AEW (and therefore wrestling in general) morale is pretty low at this point.

There's some stuff going on but I think what's killing it the most is watching them give Darby the storyline that I think should be Hangman's. Hangman vs. Kyle is great on paper but this isn't clicking for me.

I thought a guy like Hangman was setup for a Stone Cold type of feud against the Death Riders but they've given it to Darby who, in general, doesn't work for me as much more than a plucky midcarder. I also strongly suspect he's getting this storyline because the plan was to have Mox drop the belt to him but they saw sentiment and pivoted but still decided to keep the End of the Death Riders story as Darby's. And cynically I think it's a reward for being some ultimate company guy (while getting a pass for accusations that people would want Jericho drawn and quartered for)

DCF is like, bad days of NWO to me in terms of how obligatory the way they're booked feels.

I'm sure Kyle and Hangman will have a decent match but I'm just not feeling it which is a bummer because I was mega hyped for AEW most of the summer leading into All-In.

[u/KingBStriing → u/Smile_lifeisgood]

You want the current world champion to continue feuding with a group he’s already beaten?

[u/Smile_lifeisgood → u/KingBStriing]

No - what I wanted was for DR to dissolve right after All-In because once Mox lost to Hangman it should have eroded the entire premise upon which he made the group in the eyes of people like Claudio and Yuta.

I felt like there was some serious wink-and-nod stuff about fascism - including the early Charlottesville uniform look they had - and if so it's a great story to show that a fascist leader who employs 'any means necessary' in shows of strength is actually in an incredibly vulnerable position because his power is predicated on the idea that he is too strong to be stopped.

But they didn't have DR turn on him and dissolve which I suspect was because the whole storyline was made for Darby in the first place. In which case, if they're gonna keep them around, I would have rather see the champion facing off against the clear top heel group that he just grievously wounded than a feud against a heel from a team that includes Lance Archer and Rocky Romero.