The AEW Women's Tag Team Championship Tournament is currently playing out on YouTube, but there's been some backlash against the company's decision not to feature the matches on Dynamite or Dark.
Many feel that the AEW women's division has been something of an afterthought, and this tournament would have been the perfect opportunity to feature some up-and-coming female talent.
Brandi Rhodes has a different take on it, however.
During an interview with TV Insider, AEW's Chief Branding Officer explained why the tag team tournament is taking place on YouTube and not one of the weekly TNT shows.
"With YouTube, it’s its own show. That means we are trusted enough to carry our own show and don’t have to be compared to men. We were also not restricted on time. So it’s really the dream scenario. Better than finding out when we are live and something went long, you may only have four minutes to put it out there. That’s really hard, especially when you are trying to introduce new women and put that kind of pressure on them. Being it’s our own show without the restraints and to be able to tell these stories how we want to is a really great situation.”
Good points, but if you've actually watched any of the tournament, you'll be aware that they're not taking advantage of that extra time! There have been a couple of decent matches, but... yeah, not great.
Check out the full interview over at Fightful.
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