Random idea: Will Hobbs should win the AEW World Title at Forbidden Door in Punk’s first major defense of the belt.
Have Hobbs win the shot suddenly and rekindle the issues with Punk from last year. He challenges in the middle of the show. Okada/Danielson main events. Hobbs doesn’t destroy Punk, per se, but outclasses him. He wins the belt and cuts a promo in the back about how they didn’t put him in the main event because they didn’t think he would win. CM Punk may be a snake trying to be an honest man, but he just proved “Best in the World” is a lie.
What does this achieve? It gets the belt off the polarizing Punk and onto a young guy that can be their star. It tells the story of a guy actually getting better and grabbing the brass ring. It puts a guy that WBD might see appeal in to a starring role and shakes up the entire creative vibe of AEW.
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