10 Ways AEW Can Ensure Success In Year 2
1. Women's Division
At the forefront of almost every one of AEW’s fan’s minds is the painful truth that COVID-19 and the absence of their Japanese ‘joshi’ signings has seriously hurt the product of their Women’s Division.
They have done a commendable job at attempting to rekindle the ember they once had in preliminary episodes with the establishment of Britt Baker and Nyla Rose as serious main-event contenders but the most beneficial tweak might be changing the actual size of the belt, because on anyone other than the 5’1” Riho, it looks like a bad selection from a clearance sale rack. After Hikaru Shida is unseated would be the most natural time to adjust this.
Regardless of the direction, the two largest stars they have in their women’s division to take on this unseating are amoral enough to make the belt fit them better! Britt Baker would have a greater benefit from the strap then Nyla Rose as Rose’s faction, The Vicious Vixens, seems to be picking up steam and members along the way.
Other than continuing in the direction they have been for the past 3-6 months they could do with giving the ‘Orange Cassidy/Darby Allen’ treatment to future champions like Big Swole and Penelope Ford.
Additionally, the apparent working relationship between AEW and the NWA has already helped by bringing Serena Deeb to the forefront in a major upset by unseating legend Thunder Rosa as NWA Women’s champion; this continued relationship would only further the progress they have already made and result in a deeper division.