5 Problems about AEW nobody wants to admit

#2 Not enough focus on the Women's Division

An underwhelming division thus far.

One of the biggest letdowns regarding AEW has been the underperformance of the Women's Division. It is plagued by a number of issues from below-average booking, too much focus on the wrong people, and a general lack of big stars (or the absence of attempting to create any).

There are some popular female stars in AEW like Kris Statlander, current Women's World Champion Nyla Rose, Britt Baker, and, the first-ever champion, Riho, but they have nowhere near the drawing power that the men possess. On the contrary, WWE has successfully built 4 big stars in the form of the group of women formerly known as the Four Horsewomen of NXT (Charlotte, Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks, and Bayley). They have also created stars like Alexa Bliss and Asuka, who have produced brilliant stories and matches when given the opportunity.

Even if we compare AEW to its Wednesday night competitor NXT rather than WWE's main roster, the Women's Division pales in comparison -- possibly by an even bigger margin. NXT has one of the best rosters of female wrestlers on the entire planet, with so much starpower that they can feature a number of them on one show yet still have a litany of popular women backstage. It features some of the newer generation's biggest names like Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai, Bianca Belair, and Mia Yim. On the contrary, the women's division of AEW sometimes can't even properly fill a single segment.

The only long-term storyline that AEW attempted to put forth was the Nightmare Collective, which was questionable to begin with. After being met with harsh criticism, the angle was dropped and the group was disbabded and taken off television.

AEW droped the ball by not securing big stars like Tenille Dashwood, Tessa Blanchard, and Mercedes Martinez. This has resulted in a lack of star power at the top of the women's card. Due to this, AEW has to take some long strides to make the women's division better and provide the outstanding roster of young ladies that was promised over a year ago.