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Anyway, I’m telling you guys — they should put the World Title on Hobbs at Forbidden Door.
Everyone is so stuck in their patterns. Being unpredictable isn’t necessarily a good thing, but when everything feels preordained, it gets this stench of fakeness. Sometimes guys and emerge and just take life by the balls.
AEW has the problem of being the “other wrestling.” It’s got its diehards who champion everything they do, but so many of them are plugged into WWE too. And it’s clear who the A1 guy in wrestling is. It’s Roman Reigns. So there’s no drama created in the idea that the AEW World Champion is possibly The Best in the World.
You need to find people with an appeal that you make stars. And they’re going to be way more effective if fans believe that there’s a chance they could just be A1.
Everyone is kept in their place and no one ever truly grows. Not in a seismic way. They tried telling the story that Adam Page “deserves” to be World Champion, but it was so badly booked and stunk of “it’s all part of the plan.” He hasn’t gotten any better so he’s still all potential with nothing that really ever shoots out of it.
Hobbs also has the history with Punk and would be standing there with Ricky Starks (who gets something out of it). It tells a story of growth. He couldn’t beat Punk six months ago but is now ready. He also gets to end Punk’s reign in dramatic fashion before it really takes off, which allows the hardcore fans to pick up on the irony of Punk being a guy that is known for holding another World Title for a really long time.
Sure, maybe it doesn’t work gangbusters. But what do you have to lose? Tell people that someone is a goddamn star instead of having everyone with “potential” remain potential until they “deserve it.” Everyone is constantly in this state of possibly being someone one day that no one ever becomes anything.
I’d give it a shot. See what shakes out of it.
Punk cuts a promo saying that he wants to give hungry young talent a chance. Hobbs wins some sort of Battle Royal or whatever. Everyone expects it to be Adam Cole or someone, maybe. He’s a shocker and a spanner in the works. “I ain’t losing to you again.”
Danielson and Okada get the Forbidden Door main event. Hobbs beats Punk in the middle of a show that a lot of people probably think is a routine defense. Hobbs goes to the back and celebrates with Team Taz and cuts a promo about how they didn’t think he would win because they didn’t book him in the main event. He proved them all wrong.
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