During an episode of his podcast, Grilling JR, All Elite Wrestling commentator Jim Ross shared a critique he has with the burgeoning promotion. As he talked about why he signed with AEW, he admitted there are still “too many flips and flops” for his taste.
“Somebody said, ‘Well, why are you at AEW?’” he asked. “Because they pay me a lot of money, and I like the people I work for, and I love wrestling and love helping these young kids.”
He continued, “Are they doing too many flips and flops for my taste? Yeah they are to be honest with you, they sure are. But they’re weaning themselves off that a little bit because that type of wrestling is not new and fresh anymore. How many times have you seen a 450 [splash]? A 620 [splash]… Now it’s not new anymore. It’s not new!”
Ross added that AEW needed to develop something new to grab people’s attention. He suggested using ring psychology in an effort to connect the action and narrative with the fans, “grabbing them by the emotional balls and pulling them right along in the story.”
JR recently criticized online “bookers” for their consistently negative outlook. This came after he saw negative feedback to his calling Jungle Boy’ Jungly Boy Jack Perry.’
H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
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