At AEW Grand Slam Australia, fan attention focused on the ring size after AEW used a borrowed ring from a local independent wrestling promotion. The decision led to visible proportional differences that sparked social media discussion.
Speaking on Behind The Turnbuckle Studios, Vince Russo discussed the promotional execution, particularly regarding the ring arrangement.
Nobody was expecting Tony Khan to send a ring to Australia. The amount that would have cost would have been insane. Nobody is expecting that, but what it appears like Tommy is like the dude waited until the 12th hour to get a wrestling ring. So then they get a wrestling ring that’s smaller, that doesn’t look up to par, doesn’t look like a professional ring, they got to do everything they can to dress it up and then we’re ridiculed by their fans of why we laugh at AEW? This is why we laugh at AEW like Tommy said, bro, they should have had a ring there two months ago.
why is the aew grand slam ring so small or are we just going insane pic.twitter.com/4RnesrGGoq
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