Three Ways AEW Can Improve In 2023

I’ve been watching AEW Dynamite since it premiered on October 2nd, 2019.

Three years on from that date, I’m happy to report I still love the show. At its best it is genuinely compelling television comparable to anything else in the medium, weaving effortlessly between drama and comedy. The in-ring action has been spectacular, showcasing some of, if not the absolute best talent in all of professional wrestling.

Tony Khan’s wrestling buffet works, the blend of styles and sensibilities complimenting rather than stifling one another. While it’s still a relatively new wrestling show, I feel safe asserting that AEW has produced the most consistently excellent weekly wrestling product I have, personally, ever experienced.

If you find that hyperbolic then I should reiterate consistent is the key word there.

EDITORIALSTim KailDecember 25, 2022wwe, aew, women's wrestling, #GiveDivasAChance, #WomensWrestling, jamie hayter, thunder rosa, britt baker, jade cargill, toni storm

Escape Into Professional Wrestling

I have a day job. I work 9-5, Tuesday through Friday. It pays the bills and provides me and my wife with healthcare. My commute is a seven minute walk and my supervisors are kind, thoughtful people. As I age, the more I value these benefits. I see these aspects of my job as rare and precious, but when you’re in the daily grind of human existence it’s easy to lose sight of the good and slip into rumination on the bad. I’m in therapy, I take antidepressants and anti-psychotics, and I practice several cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to cope with the darker corners of my consciousness. Even so, with all these benefits, it’s still not enough to get me through the day.

“Well it pays the bills…” or “You have healthcare…” or “You have a good therapist…” doesn’t answer a particular yearning in the soul. What is that need - that part of you that’s unmoved by the objective positives in your life?

What is it you’re searching for?

EDITORIALSTim KailNovember 13, 2022roman reigns, hey uso, jimmy uso, the bloodline, sami zayn, wwe, aew, britt baker, Eddie kingston, orange cassidy, pro wrestling, art, escapism

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