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1. When did you first hear about what would become AEW? I first heard about it right here, actually, as this is basically the only place I go to for wrestling discussion and hot scoops. The talk started sometime in fall 2018 as I recall. 2. When did you first believe it was happening? I believed that something was happening straight away, mostly because WWE was already so loving dire and all alternatives were tiny and insignificant that there had to be some kind of opening. 3. What was your reaction and what did you think it would be like? Cautious optimism, but I was expecting something more like a smaller touring promotion basically working as an American NJPW. 4. Did you believe they would get a TV deal at first? When did you start to believe it would be a good deal? When I heard that there was a guy with real money behind it I started thinking that they would get on TV, as a vanity thing of nothing else. When the TNT rumors started popping up and IIRC Jericho started hyping up what a great deal they got I started thinking it would be big. 5. What was your first guess of what the product would be like? Has it been anything close to what you expected? As I said, US New Japan lite. And no, instead it was Sports Entertainment but done right. 6. Is it better or worse than you expected? A lot better. I got into wrestling via New Japan, gave WWE a quick try before quitting in disgust and again was expecting a weaker variant of NJPW but instead got something different but great. 7. Has AEW changed how you watch/enjoy wrestling? Well, it's given me a couple of weekly things to look forward to, so definitely.
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