MMA legend Josh Barnett appeared on The Ariel Helwani Show, where he discussed several topics, including how he believes AEW will do better if it consolidates its shows and streamlines its efforts.
Barnett said, “It is, but I think AEW needs to consolidate a bit. In that — if they have some certain shows that are not their main shows, look at how to build some of these shows. Even Zero Hour, that stuff, in ways that would be better used maybe, by them, but also don’t look at everything as just, if it’s not winning yet, get rid of it. I can understand that, but I want to see those sort of things for AEW so they have these other ways which they can approach wrestlers, wrestling fans, and they have a pretty substantial roster. It can keep people busy, which is good for them. And it’s just — in this day and age with social media, I’m sure AEW has their reasons for why they cut certain programs, and I’m not acting as if I know why those are, I’m just speculating. But at times, and really quite often, people see somebody, ‘Oh, they cut show X out,’ they just do nothing but throw scorn and negativity and say it was all because they’re sucking or they’re this. That’s the easiest route to take, the easiest route to get someone to pay attention to what you say. In that sense, it’s like creating a potential backlash or negative talking point for something that isn’t necessarily done out of any of the reasons somebody comes up with.”
You can check out Barnett’s comments in the video below.
(H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes)
