Look man, I get it. AEW is for the sickos. But some of us are normal people who have to work in the morning. If AEW is going to run on a Sunday, they need to curb the 4.5 hour extravaganzas, or strictly become a Saturday night PPV promotion.

Last night was ridiculous. I understand that buying a ticket means you’ve got to take the ride, but I’m tired of wrestling punishing me for being a normal person, who works normal hours, and quite frankly can’t just mainline the product for hours on end. Maybe I’m just not the right kind of junkie for AEW shows, but it doesn’t change the fact that I’m not the only one. When you have both me and Dave Meltzer on the same side, you have united the disparate masses and should probably listen: The show was too f***ing long.

You want wrestling to live forever? You need to make shows that the kids can easily watch. I’m not saying give me a bloodless, 4-match card, but there needs to be some kind of balancing act. 

I’m tired of asking “Is this all a little too much?” and being greeted by the vacant, overstimulated stare of the AEW faithful, who seem to say “It is too much, and isn’t it great?” as their lives melt away, one overlong show at a time. This is one of the downsides of making a wrestling promotion for people who will stay up for NJPW shows until the cold light of dawn comes peeking through the blinds.