I’ll pretty much echo what Travon said. AEW does indeed style themselves after Japanese promotions a good bit (given TK’s big love for NJPW and such), you could say half-n-half US style/JP style. You still get segments, promos, story and such as you would in American wrestling but they also emphasize the story being told through the wrestling more, more ‘just because’ matches instead of requiring story reasons for every match to occur (which I hate lol), having frequent post-match promos (which Japan loves doing) etc.

I’m a big Japanese wrestling guy so after all these years the styles just kinda blend together and you don’t notice it as much 😅, but it’s definitely not just you. Shut the brain off, let it take ya for a ride as far as it can. It’s pro wrestling afterall, give it 2 weeks and stuff flips from ‘everything makes sense’ to ‘what the fuck?!’ regardless of company lol.

Yeah it’s alot less like WWE, which has its own “universe” and feels more like a TV show with a central plot season to season

AEW is literally all of the “Elites”, a super Indy. With that being said, alot of the storytelling is in the ring through the characters and less on segments. We won’t necessarily get everyone on TV every week even if they are involved in a feud/storyline.

I like em in a vacuum. Zero complaints about em really, they’re good hands, solid midcarders, just not a big fan of them as a while compared to others. If I’m on the fence about going to a show, seeing Taven/Bennett is not gonna be a deciding factor to make me wanna go let’s say that.

That being said I have less problem doing this stuff than doing stuff partnered up with Roddy/Adam/Wardlow. As a tag team, zero issues. Toss em in with the others and everyone is weighing everyone down (imo).