AEW is entering its sixth year as a promotion, and has established itself as the number two promotion in the United States and the most successful wrestling promotion by many metrics since WCW.
AEW is now in its Max era with AEW Dynamite and AEW Collision simulcasting on the streaming platform. With any success comes criticism from anyone with a voice.
Speaking to Battle on the Battleground podcast, Jeff Jarrett discussed the future of AEW and criticism of the promotion.
“Here’s the thing that I think a lot of times almost gets lost in the shuffle because it’s really never been done. Look at the diversity of our roster. We have obviously American stars and Canada, but we also have Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Mexico, all through Europe, India. The diversity of our roster, I believe we’re poised for, and I don’t want to just call it international growth, but I’m just saying growth in general. At the end of the day, content is king, and that’s the name of the game. Streaming, digital, social media. To create content, you gotta have talent. AEW is poised, with the depth of their roster, to do things in this industry that’s never been done, so that’s why the growing pains that a company has [inaudible]. But at the end of the day, we’re out there creating content, and entering into the streaming world on Max, those are really, really big deals. But the world we live in can be hyper focused on the least bit of a snafu, and it is what it is. But I learned from my grandmother, as long as they’re talking. As long as they’re criticizing, good or bad, it’s a positive," said Jarrett.
Jarrett recently signed a new one-year talent contract with AEW.
Elsewhere during the interview, Jarrett discussed re-signing with AEW. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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