10 Ways AEW Is Dangerously Close To Following In WCW's Footsteps

6. The Devaluing Of Championships Part 1

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AEW has a long way to go to make its titles mean as little as WCW, of course - after all, this is a company whose World Heavyweight Championship changed hands a staggering 20 times in 2000, and was also vacated six times during that year - but it is undeniable that AEW's belts mean a lot less now than they once did..

The only piece of All Elite gold that currently feels genuinely special, is the TBS Championship held by Jade Cargill - and that's largely down to the intrigue of who will finally topple That Bitch and bring her run of dominance to an end.

For the AEW World Title, that shined bright with Chris Jericho atop the food chain in the company's infancy, peaked with Jon Moxley's inaugural run with the gold, and was a part of fantastic television when in the possession of Kenny Omega. Since then, though? Well, it's all felt a little 'meh' - not helped by bizarrely whiney 'Hangman' Page promos as World Champ, CM Punk's foot injury, the decision to go the interim route with this prize, and now Punk winning the belt back only to then be immediately stripped of it.

Similarly, as much as Thunder Rosa is a phenomenal, spirited babyface, the women's division, period, has languished since Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. was ruling the roost. Again, opting to go the interim route once La Mera Mera was forced into a spell on the sidelines, that just leaves a sense of uncertainty looming over Toni Storm's spot as the supposed top dog of the division.

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