10 Booking Steps For The AEW World Title Tournament
2. The Final: Kenny Omega Vs. Scorpio Sky
There is a key flaw in this plan.
Omega is the bigger star on a definitive new arc that demands the main event to make it soar. He is very clearly the winner. The only other realistic choice got eliminated in the semis.
Scorpio Sky, already stigmatised as a nearly-man, having lost two high-profile title matches against Chris Jericho and Cody after the inspirational vignette deal you can't do too many times, will lack credibility having not won the quarter nor the semi cleanly. He boasts the record that justifies his inclusion in the tournament to begin with, but it was stat-padding on Dark that doesn't much register with the Dynamite audience. The nature of those defeats should inform his motivation.
It could even set something up with the Bucks vs. SCU down the line; enraged at Matt's interference, it's Sky who goes ballistic, not Page, because it's his credibility the Bucks have f*cked with as much as Hangman's shot.
To further the idea that Sky is his own man, in a little detail that gets the final over as the match of his life, he is joined by Kazarian and Christopher Daniels on the ramp, but sends them to the back. The spectre of the Omega vs. Page grudge match also casts doubt over the outcome.
To create the illusion that Sky has a chance, protect him when it turns out he didn't, and create the big time atmosphere necessary for the occasion, the final needs to end in a draw and go into sudden death overtime.
AEW has created a renewed respect among wrestling fans towards the spirited, close-fought defeat.