WWE Hall of Famer Booker T believes AEW isn't providing enough substance to their product to grow their audience while also stating that nobody cares about "five-star matches."
"AEW Dynamite" drew its lowest viewership in company history last week, only garnering 502,000 viewers and a 0.16 in the 18-49 demographic. The show's ratings have also declined significantly compared to this time last year and Booker T believes that the cause for this is due to AEW not catering to what true wrestling fans want.Speaking on "Hall of Fame," Booker T went into further detail about AEW's inability to gain fan interest lately.
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"That show is not doing anything to grow their audience.They really aren't. They're bringing in talent, they'resigning a lot of guys, but I really don'tthink the bulk of the wrestling fans that watch wrestling just for the wrestlingmatches, and I think that company is wrestling heavy all the time. It's aboutgoing out and having five-star matches and I just don't think the truewrestling fan is sitting around waiting to see a five-star match.Honestly, nobody cares. I want to see a great match every time the guys go out and perform, but that's not what the fans really truly care about," said the Hall of Famer.
Booker T also referred to the Wyatt Sicks debut as an example of what the current wrestling fan will be entertained by and attracted to, stating that AEW needs to give people a story they will care about.
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