I don't see how AEW gets MJF in the title picture at all, not any time soon. He has no credibility in ring atm at that level; they almost always book him to lose (or he has to win dirty or via interference). He just got flat out embarrassed. His record isn't going to get him a shot with the way they've booked so many others to have damn near spotless records of their own. So outside of them suddenly turning him into a badass submission machine that destroys people all of a sudden without his backup, what do you do to make him credible as a title contender again?
The only other way I can see them getting there within a year is if Wardlow wins the title and they have a rematch.
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