9 Ups & 4 Downs From AEW Full Gear 2022
2. Such An Unnecessary Title Change
As odd as it sounds, working with Samoa Joe hasn't been helpful for Wardlow. Now, following the awful 'WarJoe' deal, he's lost his TNT Title to the Samoan and is right back at square one (where he was before winning the thing in July). That really sucks.
Also, Powerhouse Hobbs was only there to take the fall so Wardlow didn't have to. That obviousness, along with the tepid storyline involving Joe and Wardlow, turned this three-way into a p*ss break match on the card - the show just didn't need it.
If anyone needs an example to back up the argument that AEW currently has too many titles, then this counts. Samoa Joe is both ROH TV and AEW TNT Champ at the same time, and neither belt feels particularly important.
Couldn't they have kept this back for Dynamite, or something?