The women’s roster tripled in size, and features two Japanese wrestlers. and not only because AEW’s performer-managers learned from their mistakes and didn’t drop buzzterms they weren’t prepared to answer follow-up questions about. There were noticeable differences at the Double Or Nothing Ticket Announcement Party yesterday (Feb. Heck, they only announced two women for the roster - one introduced as a supporting act to a male wrestler.įans wanting change beyond “we’re not WWE” weren’t seeing it. There wasn’t a lot of substance behind statements about “equal pay” or “taking care of the boys” (specifically around general health insurance for wrestlers).
You could bet on fans asking questions - bet on anything else at Bethard Sportsbook - and sure enough they did. After their first rally in Jacksonville last month, there was no small amount of push back on All Elite Wrestling for what some saw as empty rhetoric when it came to their “change the world” mission statement.
