10 AEW Nightmares That Could Come True In 2023

7. The Roster Somehow Gets Bigger

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They shouldn't be signing even more wrestlers either, but that harks back to the prior point about TK showing some restraint. The boss seemingly can't help himself when it comes to overstuffing his roster full of anyone he can get his mitts on. That's why the AEW talent sheet is WCW-esque.

Currently, AEW employs a staggering 151 contracted in-ring workers. They've got 117 men and 34 women in those locker rooms for TV, and that's insane when the company only produces a max of three hours primetime television per regular, non-PPV week. They simply cannot find time for all of those wrestlers.

It'd be impossible to house more, but Khan might give it a try. Of course, he could put some of them on a new ROH show when that becomes available via Honor Club - that probably still wouldn't offer the required minutes. For now, properly using ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE workers is the kind of mission impossible even Tom Cruise wouldn't accept.

Maybe...stop gobbling up wrestlers?

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