Matt Hardy Wants Larger Than Life Characters In AEW Like The Rock

Matt Hardy has a very good understanding of the world of professional wrestling. Due to his vast knowledge of the industry, Hardy’s opinion when it comes to the business has value to it. He also wants AEW to have larger than life stars.

AEW has certainly come a long way since its inception back in 2019. Its in-ring product is certainly second to none for many fans. However, many fans feel they want better characters to get invested in.

While speaking on The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy, Matt Hardy talked about AEW and NJPW’s relationship. Hardy also explained the importance of having larger than life stars like Hulk Hogan and The Rock in AEW.

“I do think it will help grow the audience as far as Japanese fans, or worldwide, global fans are concerned. Once again, I do think you do have to have characters that are larger than life to gain casual fans, people that don’t typically watch wrestling. There are some people that watch for a character and really don’t give a s*** about a five-star match. That’s what we do here, I’m speaking very openly and honestly. I think that’s something that’s very important that you have the Hulk Hogan’s who transcend time, characters like Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock, two of the best characters ever. I hope down the road AEW, we find someone who really carries that and they ooze that larger-than-life charisma that does draw in casual fans, and I think that’s one of the things we need to work towards our core base. If we can get someone in that position, then that’s an added bonus.”

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It’s hard, I feel like now the world is so interconnected and there’s like a genre of pro wrestling fans. Ratings have really changed a lot recently besides the way they have dropped down over the years, now I feel like the worlds more interconnected. I do think there are always times where you can get guys white-hot and have some sort of special quality about their character. That’s where I think AEW can stumble upon or personally create at some point.”

We will have to wait and see whether AEW will end up building larger than life stars in the future or not. Fans would love to be invested in such characters.

h/t Wrestling Inc

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