10 AEW Stars Who Desperately Need More TV Time
1. Hangman Adam Page
It might be a surprise to see “The Millennial Cowboy” on this list, given his two lengthy title defences against Bryan Danielson, but look at the men who preceded him. Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley and Kenny Omega all led AEW from the front. Whether they were instigating wild angles, cutting fire promos or mucking about in skits with The Young Bucks, they all had prominent, featured roles that denoted them as the biggest of deals.
Page’s reign is in danger of being defined by the champion complaining he doesn’t get to defend the title enough. The Danielson feud was focused mostly on “The American Dragon” leaving Dark Order members for dead. Now “The Hangman” is treading water with Lance Archer in a mini-feud that feels terribly midcard.
Compare the Adam Page and Archer segments to the prominence given to Roman Reigns who main events or opens every single episode of SmackDown. If Roman misses a week that’s a news story!
More importance is being placed on the guys looking to challenge for the title than on the champion himself. Not to mention guys like Cody Rhodes who aren’t even in the title picture.
Tony Khan is doing a good job of building up several strong title contenders at the same time, and it’s not like CM Punk, MJF and Adam Cole don’t deserve to be featured, but when your top champion feels like a secondary concern it’s less than ideal.