WWE’s Kickoff Show and AEW’s The Buy-In need revamping.
Wrestling has come a long way the past 20 years–the post-WCW era.
Over the course of an hour, there were zero matches.
There was a panel featuring Kayla Braxton, Booker T, JBL, Peter Rosenberg, and Kevin Patrick.
It was the only interesting part of the hour-long show.
The problem
There’s no reason to watch it.
My guess is the latter.
WWE is a wrestling promotion, so give the people some wrestling.
The Kickoff Show worked best when there was a Cruiserweight Championship, which was defended at every PPV preshow.
Give people something to be excited about before the PPV begins.
Or better yet, give those who weren’t going to watch a reason to tune in on Peacock.
We’ve seen the same package of The Miz time and time again for what feels like years now.
Give us more interviews and more matches.
It’s a cornucopia of your favorite thing, which becomes a challenging gauntlet by the end.
There is way too much wrestling happening.
The Buy-In speaks largely to AEW fans and no one else.
AEW needs to cut back on matches for the Buy-In.
They’re filler, especially in WWE’s case where five people just talk for an hour.
There was a point in WWE’s history where they got the idea of a preshow right though.
Back in the late-90s, there was Sunday Night Heat.
The only way to see what happens next is to buy the PPV.
But both of these companies having similar structures for their preshows isn’t a bad thing.
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