The Zero Hour pre-show featured an unconventional match when the Costco guy “Big Boom” AJ took on QT Marshall.
AJ’s son, Big Justice, was also in attendance, as was another social media star, The Rizzler. If you know who they are, you probably got a kick out of this. If you don’t know these people, you probably rolled your eyes the whole time.
AEW has never shied away from featuring people from outside of pro wrestling with musicians like Snoop Dogg and Action Bronson and actors like Paul Walter Hauser making appearances, but the difference between them and Big Boom is that he was actually a pro wrestler in the New Jersey indie scene several years ago.
Not only was AJ experienced, but he and QT Marshall have an established history that AEW has used to build this matchup in recent weeks.
The reactions to this match fell into two categories. On one side, you had fans who thought this was dumb and took a spot away from the AEW roster. On the other side, you had AEW fans who found all of this entertaining.
We live in an era when a young woman can become famous for saying “Hawk tuah” and people get millions of views on TikTok for posting videos about trying different Costco snacks, so we need to accept that this stuff is not going away anytime soon.
Based on the crowd’s reaction, the AEW fanbase was enjoying this comedy match, but if you go on social media, you will see some people acting like this is the end of the wrestling business as we know it.
If David Arquette winning a world title didn’t kill pro wrestling, a guy who tries food court items with his son certainly isn’t going to take it down either.
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