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Mick Foley says AEW is the reason why he fell in love with pro wrestling again 🤼

Large and in charge.

This is what I meant when I said AEW reclaimed New York. In 2021, there very much was a “Fuck the Fed” vibe in the audience, and not only did that dissipate over the next three years, the crowds in Queens and Newark got colder, and sparser. I was on escalators with fans at the 2023 Newark Collision going “L-A KNIGHT, YEAH”. Fans chanting “MAMI” at Bud Matt. Offhanded conversations from fans around me asking who the wrestlers in the ring were and talking about what was going on in WWE. WWE won back the hardcores and New York was theirs again. People were just going to AEW shows here because they happened to be here. When AEW ran Chicago after Survivor Series 2023 the looked so small time and like the uncool brand. Conversely, as I’m getting out the 7 train today, the first thing I hear is a little boy explaining to (his dad?) why AEW was better than WWE, in stadium boos for a mention of the Rock, multiple Fuck TKO chants on stairs, escalators, and crowd that was excited to watch wrestling. Noted vibe shift today, felt like the result of everything that’s happened over the last year. Potential 97/98 big 2 situation going on at least from a vibes standpoint. I’m just calling what I’m seeing.

In The Boys finale, Homelander had to look powerless according to Eric Kripke “Yeah, it was really important to us for Homelander to at least experience a little bit of time powerless.” “People have asked me, ‘Well, why don’t you send him out in the world powerless, wouldn’t that be the ultimate punishment?’ “I’m like, it would, until he gets his hands on some more Compound V, and then you’re back to where you started.” “So, he cannot walk out of that room alive, but we can spend time with him powerless to really reveal what everyone’s been saying all season, which is, ‘Take away those powers and you are nothing.’ “And he’s so cowardly and blubbering and pathetic, as are most strong men when you remove their power and they’re and they’re faced with their imminent death, they rarely handle it bravely.”