WWE's International Weekend and our AEW review for casuals

Did you have a chance, Brandon, to catch out, uh, Double or Nothing this weekend or any kind of the, the highlights of it? And did you catch Saturday's main event as well, and c- the highlights of that?

Uh, so I watched majority of Saturday night's main event.

I did fast-forward through, you know, the commercials.

I did watch majority of the show.

I had to kinda, I was kind of occupied the, uh, the next morning, so it was kinda like I, you know, had the kids around and stuff like that.

So I was kind of in and out, so I wasn't able to f- like 100% focus.

Um, AEW side, um, I watched, I watched very little, um, but I did get recaps and, you know, I read stuff.

And, you know, I, I read f- I read pl- like, I read both sides of it, like people that are AEW marks and then people that are not aga- you know, not AEW fans, so to speak, to kinda get the perspective.

And, and the overall consensus r- uh, from AE- uh, from what I read and what I, the highlights I saw, because I gotta give AEW social media credit.

They do put a lot of great clips on there, so I was able to watch a lot of stuff that I didn't get to see, you know, the night of the show.

And from what I saw and what I read and, and, you know, just talking to different wrestling fans and, and, you know, seeing what they're saying, you know, seeing as well, pretty darn good show.

What, what was your perspective, uh, being in the attendance?

Uh, I mean, it was a good show.

It's difficult, obviously, as somebody who is very, uh, critical of the length of the show.

The show ended around 12:10 Eastern Time, uh, with an 8:00 start.

I will tell you, uh...

And, and I saw somebody o- online kinda put this out there, and I, and I'll be first and foremost, a- and this would maybe even go in the WWE realm as well if the, the, the events were this long.

Um, but whether it's WWE without matches or AEW with matches, I'm at the point where I'm kinda skipping the pre-show, and I'm not alone in that.

I think a lot of people were doing that.

Yeah.

Some people were doing that unintentionally.

This is the second, not wrestling event, but second big event that I've gone to recently, uh, both happened to be in the New York City area, where getting into the event was just, like, I don't know if lately they're just, uh, low-staffed, um, when it comes to security and things like that, but I've had some difficulty getting into events, uh, recently.

Uh, over an hour outside of an o- an arena event that I went to, which was a concert, uh, about a few months ago, and that's not typical.

If you're used to going to an arena, let's say you're going to a basketball or hockey game, and the event starts at 8:00, and you're at the arena at 7:00, you shouldn't miss puck drop, right? That's just ridiculous.

And, uh, I will say the plan wasn't to get in the arena, uh, on time.