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Colt Cabana No Evolution
I don’t enjoy wrestlers like Colt Cabana and never understand why fans love them so much. Cabana is a joke character. Not saying the man can’t wrestle, but his style is mostly to make people laugh than actually shock and amaze. Which is why I found it so weird that The Dark Order pursued him so much.
I was hoping that Cabana in The Dark Order would bring out a different side of him. Someone that can be morphed from Brodie Lee into a more ruthless wrestler, but that never happened. Cabana was and still is the same wrestler. Someone who is still beloved, but doesn’t really do much to earn that.
The difference between Cabana and Orange Cassidy is that Cassidy isn’t just a comedy wrestler. Yes, his Sloth Style is fun to watch, but Cassidy then turned from Jekyll to Hyde in a second to becomes a top tier wrestler. Cassidy was always a great wrestler, but giving him that extra level of character development really sets him apart.
I would like to see Cabana change up his style and really move up in the rankings, but how far can he realistically go in AEW?
Simptastic Joe
Santana : Ready For A Singles Run?
Santana looks really good know. He’s been hitting the gym and it shows. I would like to see Santana develop into a singles star. Probably not taking the AEW Championship, but making some noise in a championship elimination tournament. He would need a unique finisher. I actually don’t know Santana’s finisher in AEW. People in the Community Creations in the WWE games have his finishers as Superkicks, Frog Splashes, RKOs, just a bevy of random finishers and I’ve never seen Santana pick up the win with any of those.
Does Santana have what it takes to be AEW Champion? I don’t think so yet, but I see him more running the mid card division one day. What do you guys think?
Simptastic Joe
I Wouldn’t Sign Them
I’ve been flip flopping on this one for a while. When I heard the rumors of CM Punk and Bryan Danielson making the move to AEW I first wrote “I wouldn’t sign them,” I would’ve rather AEW focus on the talent and stop bringing in new guys.
Then when they showed up I wrote “I was totally wrong. This is an amazing moment for wrestling fans. I can’t wait to see what happens,”. And now my opinion is “I wouldn’t have signed them and would rather AEW focus on the talent already there,”. CM Punk is putting on great matches. Seems like a dream match every week. But again, he’s taking time away from other AEW talent and there is so much there that a lot of them get pushed aside.
Now Danielson is next in line for an AEW Championship match. What about Lance Archer, Brian Cage, Pac, the 4 Pillars and others? Every time AEW signs one of these big-name talents, everyone on the roster gets pushed down a peg. Realistically, I would rather see Danielson challenge Hangman Page for the title rather than a Pentagon or a Sammy Guevara, but still, I would rather them get a shot at a main event match and build off of that.
That was what CM Punk argued with Vince McMahon and Triple H about at the end of his WWE tender. He wanted that WrestleMania main event to build his character more and put him into that top tier of wrestlers.
I’m not saying these aren’t great matches the two men are having. It’s just storyline we aren’t seeing a lot of other talents getting the top spots like they deserve.
Simptastic Joe
AEW Is In Trouble
Yes, the company that forever changed the wrestling industry is in trouble. Not with the product—they’re putting on some of the best matches in wrestling and the build-up to Pay Per Views is perfect storytelling. Their viewership is breaking records every week. So, what’s the problem?
AEW is hiring too many wrestlers in such a short amount of time.
Here is a small list of AEW wrestlers that I think should be in the title picture:
| Adam Page | Lance Archer |
| Adam Cole | Malakai Black |
| Andrade | The Young Bucks |
| Brian Cage | MJF |
| Bryan Danielson | Miro |
| Cody Rhodes | Pac |
| Darby Allin | Pentagon Jr |
| Jon Moxley | Rey Fenix |
| Jungle boy | Wardlow |
Do we think that Kenny Omega, the greatest wrestler of all time, won’t win the championship again? That Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho won’t be in the title picture for the rest of their AEW career? There are now rumblings—more specifically, the Mrs. Cage, and her very vocal outrage over his poor bookings—that Brian Cage is looking to make the jump to the WWE.
Cage’s debut should’ve annoyed a lot of AEW talent. He was the final entrant in the Casino Ladder Match, won within minutes of entering the match, and earned a title shot against Moxley. Debut and title match: same year. Same day. Same hour. Meanwhile, Darby Allin and others get pushed aside.
Ruby Soho, former WWE talent Ruby Riott, showed up as the final entrant in the Casino Battle Royale, won and earned a title match. Meanwhile other talents like Anna Jay, Tay Conti, and Penelope Ford are pushed aside for new talent. AEW sells free agent talents on big matches and title opportunities—just sign up!—which in turn pushes aside the talent that’s been there from the beginning.
So how do they fix it?
- Split the roster evenly down the middle.
- Remove the AEW Championship name entirely and make AEW Rampage into a 2 hour show with its own title.
- You keep AEW Dark on YouTube and, rather than a squash show, make it a show where talents outside the fold can stay in the public eye.
- Make the FTW Championship a title only for Dark.
- Rampage also needs a mid-card and tag team championship. AEW has to utilize Impact Wrestling and NJPW to send wrestlers over there when their storylines become stale.
AEW is doing a lot of things right, but if they don’t make serious changes to their business model, their homegrown talent will start heading over to the WWE.
Let me know what you guys think. Is AEW on the verge of losing their top talent? Or will they stick it out?
Simptastic Joe
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