Kenny Omega addresses the original AEW mission statement.
As of late, AEW has been facing much criticism in recent weeks for the product they have been putting out. However, it seems that the company has listened to recent criticism as the product has begun to turnaround.
Speaking to Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Kenny Omega looked back on the original AEW mission statement, noting that with the rest of the statement stripped away, the backbone was to make the fans happy.
“Everything changes and it’s hard to really predict with 100 percent accuracy how something is going to end up,” he said. “There was a lot of new promotion energy back then. There was a lot of excitement, and people were willing to give us the benefit of the doubt and give us a shot. We had a locker room and a team of real go-getters. Every week was something new, something exciting. We were just trying to get our footing. Now we have a much larger roster, and we have a lot of our bases covered.”
He continued, “Is it different now than it was on day one? Absolutely it’s different. Do I still feel that I have an identity within this company? Yeah, it’s still AEW. From 2019 until now, every single year has been completely different from one another. I didn’t even realize it until you asked me the question just now how different year one was from year two and year three. It’s all about making the fans happy. You strip back everything from the original mission statement, it was really all about making fans happy. At the end of the day, if the fans are happy with the product, if the networks are happy, if everyone is happy who consumes our product, then I’m happy too.”
Kenny Omega
Omega is scheduled to compete at AEW Full Gear this weekend, when he teams with Chris Jericho to take on The Young Bucks in tag team action.
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