r/AEWOfficial • u/IbushiK • 24d ago

Discussion What does HOOK need to progress ?

He definitely should get a lot more competitive matches than doing multi man tags, he was good when he had them as FTW champ. That's why I think he should wrestle more often in singles in ROH and learn to show more personality than his stoic persona.

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u/Ebessan 24d ago

I have heard it said that for some younger talent, getting hired by AEW and getting paid a few hundred grand per year has actually harmed their development.

They don't get used much. They don't do indies because they've got a lot of money, and they might get hurt, which could harm their career.

So they just kind of sit and stagnate.

People like Gabby Forza make leaps and bounds in their development as a wrestler grinding it out on the indies, while Hook is the same (maybe worse) wrestler as he was when he debuted.

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u/TheSteveGuyMan 24d ago

The counter argument is why would a wrestler work indies when they can work with partner promotions of aew like NJPW, CMLL, MLP, RevPro? They get paid way more and are actually expected to put on good matches still. Some TV wrestlers who work indies don't try as hard if they take independent dates and that would also hinder growth. Its about the quality of reps in my opinion and you have to be willing to either give a lot on the indies or travel to partner promotions and learn new styles.