OH NO NO NO

AEW got their best ever ratings while Kenny and Christian were feuding - Booker of the year crushed their momentum by pushing dimeless geeks like Adam Cole and Hangman while CM Phil shat up the show every week.

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Christian had nothing to do with ratings. I like the guy but he's never going to be that guy, although pretty much no one is these days. Unsurprisingly, AEW got pretty stale once more and more WWE guys came in. It really did seem like AEW wasn't going to be yet another WWE refugee centre but it has slowly creeped in more and more as time as went on. Look how many people who were with AEW in the beginning have either been dropped or been left to float around doing absolutely nothing just so someone like punk can come in and slop all over matches. In the beginning they were doing the right thing by having former WWE guys basically be enhancements who got a quick run but these days the upper card is more and more WWE guys.

what's the other 9?

>AEW got their best ever ratings while CM Punk finally returned after 7 years
Fixed

Christian was a genuine ratings draw until he was relegated to manager of the 5th-most-popular tag team in the company.

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Christian had kino matches every other week

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Does this sound like Christian of all people to you?
>“[Paul Wight] told the world, and it’s true, that there’s gonna be a big star signed with AEW, and he’s coming here...this Sunday a major star in the world of wrestling, a huge, huge star, is gonna come and sign a multi-year contract with AEW on Sunday at the pay-per-view. So I can confirm what Paul said is true. And I’m not talking about the person in the ladder match...Paul’s talking about a big surprise, and that’s no joke.”

yeah

he sure did

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He is miles ahead of all the flippy self mark faggots in AEW.
The only genuine good signing they have made in 2021.

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He had good matches but a lot of people were having great matches in AEW at the same time and there was a lot of noise around the company as a whole. I'm not saying Christian isn't a draw, I'm saying that so many people were doing good things then that I don't think one single person was pulling people in.

Christian has always been dimes and a megastar.

>cuckmatch

There were a lot of people that were looking forward to the Christian/Omega feud though. The retarded redditors that seethed about it because Hangman went on paternity leave were a loud minority.
Still remember the buzz about their first match on Rampage.

I must have missed when TNA did multiple millions of viewers while he was there.

I dunno, I seem to remember a lot more people being disappointed that the "big signing" turned out to be Christian. Everyone agreed he's great and absolutely a perfect fit for AEW but the general feeling was more "It's Christian, that's cool I guess"

Far bigger stars than Christian didn't draw shit in TNA.

All they achieved with Christian was having him beat Omega at a time where he looked unbeatable so when Hangman finally beat him it didn't feel as big because this old dude that just came out of retirement had beaten him already.