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American Dragon

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Well at least now Busted Open doesn't have to pretend they aren't WWE shills anymore.
Maybe I won't have to occasionally see a Dave LaGreca moronic screaming take on wrestling now. Obviously he won't be doing that for WWE or TNA (if TNA is even allowed to be discussed) and there probably will be no AEW conversations on there now.

No more asinine creative pitches for AEW from Bully Ray now too I assume. Like the classic pitch of Jon Moley should be a wife beater story.

I don't know what the hell multiple talking head shows are going to possibly talk about regarding WWE 7 days a week though. WWE pumps out a lot of content but not that much. Maybe they'll freshen it up some and make it interview heavy. But you know the questions will be softballs like "if you were a hot do and you were hungry would you eat yourself?"
 
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American Dragon

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Saw one of the original plans for Blake Monroe was fighting Tiffy at Summerslam for the useless US title. So I looked up Blake Monroe on Cagematch and she still has yet to make her televised in-ring debut on the main roster. She hasn't had a TV match since her NXT finale on April 21. She debuted on the main roster on May 22, that's now two months ago! What the hell are they doing with her??
 
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GeraldV

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Saw one of the original plans for Blake Monroe was fighting Tiffy at Summerslam for the useless US title. So I looked up Blake Monroe on Cagematch and she still has yet to make her televised in-ring debut on the main roster. She hasn't had a TV match since her NXT finale on April 21. She debuted on the main roster on May 22, that's now two months ago! What the hell are they doing with her??
And she’s pretty awesome. She could be helping out the women’s roster, no doubt.
 

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I scrolled back several months on Busted Open's YouTube page and here's the views for AEW videos in 2026: 13K, 10K, 12K, 11K, 8.3K, 24K (JerIcho's return), 15K (HOOK interview). On the WWE side, a Lizzy Rain interview did better (17K) than anything AEW had to offer minus Jericho. I don't know where AEW fans go for their content but your larger channels will go where the money and clicks are - that's not going to be with AEW. I think wrestling fans in general would rather watch talking heads discuss Chad Gable than Kyle Fletcher or Oba Femi rather than Kevin Knight. It is what it is. Ya'll acknowledge AEW is very niche and the fanbase is dedicated but smaller but then act surprised Busted Open isn't 50% WWE, 50% AEW content. It'd be like me complaining that Eddie Trunk talks about KISS and Metallica too much when I want him to talk more about Jinjer.

I think Bischoff was grifting and you could tell by the thumbnails used but the audience isn't really there in general to focus a lot of time and energy on AEW if you have a successful YT discussion channel.
 
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