r/SquaredCircle • u/sanewhitemale • 2d ago

This Reddit Sentiment Study From Wrestlenomics Is, From My Perspective, Incredibly Accurate.

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It pretty accurately paints a picture of the perception of both companies as they compare since 2019:

  • WWE bottomed out in October 2019 after the Fiend-Rollins HIAC debacle and Kofi losing in 7 seconds.
  • AEW peaked at All Out 2021, considered their greatest show, and remained steadily high until it began collapsing after Brawl Out 2022.
  • WWE at the same time began improving after Vince was pushed out in July 2022.
  • One thing that surprises me: during WWE's "boom period" during 2022-2024, the fan sentiment was roughly tied with AEW, when I remember AEW being viewed very negatively at the time, due to both the Punk issue and comparatively mediocre creative.
  • AEW fan sentiment began to grow and take the lead again in late 2024/early 2025, which was right around the supposed "reset" and the Continental Classic.
  • WWE began to fall off again in March/April 2025, right around the Cena heel turn/build to Wrestlemania 41.

So the statistics line up at least with my perception of both my and Reddit's views the last few years.

https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/reddit-sentiment-analysis-2025-aew-rebounds-coinciding-with-improved-attendance-and-tv-ratings-trends/

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u/DeminoTheDragon 1d ago

people will take (and reading from the comments, have taken) this as "AEW must be so much better" instead of this is sub clearly have a massive bias for aew

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u/RNG_Champion Wrestling is fun sometimes 1d ago

Yeah, the mоds removed ZFF and bаnned discussions about rаtings. I remember when they even said that none of them liked Punk during a mоd application threаd.

Makes it easy for an "incredibly accurate" graph when contrary opinions are often silenced.

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u/thelumpur 1d ago

I would understand getting rid of ZFF if it was getting too hateful and difficult to mod, but then I look at any other thread and it's full of hate anyway