Are AEW Fans Burned Out On Gimmick Matches & High Spots?
AEW wrestlers will be the first to tell you that, sometimes, they need someone to save them from themselves. These performers are essentially kids in a candy store, being allowed (and presumably encouraged) to come up with the most ridiculous gimmick matches possible. Tony Khan has the money to back it, so pretty much anything that can be conceived can be done out in the ring. The well of violence is one that All Elite has gone back to frequently since coming into existence in 2019. Over the last three years, it seems like fans have grown numb to the company's frequent gimmick matches and dangerous high spots.
Straightforward wrestling matches are dangerous enough in their own right, and there's a time and place to introduce peril into the equation. Wrestling is only as good as what is at stake, and there's nothing more valuable than the human body. Everyone only gets one of those, so when a performer is willing to throw himself off the top of a giant steel structure for the sake of a reaction, it should carry weight. When things like this are happening week in and week out, however, the high spots begin to lose their luster.
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That isn't AEW's fault. It's human nature to grow numb to things that happen at a high frequency. It's why Muay Thai practitioners kick down banana trees and why prospective wrestlers are asked to take back bump after back bump while training. It's why boxers allow sparring partners to hit them in the stomach repeatedly and UFC fighters get stretched to the breaking point during practices. Exposure lessens the impact, both mental and physical. For fans of AEW, they've simply been exposed to too many high spots. So much so
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