8 Things That Still Make No Sense About AEW
3. The Handling Of The AEW World Title Scene
As the inaugural AEW Heavyweight Champion, Chris Jericho was the absolute perfect choice.
Jericho brought name value and mainstream appeal to the AEW product, which, combined with Le Champion's in-ring reputation and grasp of his character, made him the right person to go with to lead the AEW brand during the company's infancy. Likewise, Jon Moxley was the right choice to finally take that title from around Jericho's waist.
For those looking to throw shade AEW's way by pinpointing their reliance on former WWE stars to lead the company forward, they had all of the ammunition that they needed. To knock the choices of Jericho and Mox as AEW Champ, though, that's not really a fair argument - with both being the right choices at the right time.
Where people may have a bigger bone to pick with a company which has often promised not to be reliant on former WWE names, is seeing Brodie Lee inserted directly into the main event picture. And while Lee going for Mox's AEW Title so soon after debuting was a head-scratcher for some, those same people had even more ammunition in their arsenal when Jake Hager got a shot at said championship too.
Regardless of Lee and Hager's abilities, seeing both get a fleeting main event spot felt unnecessary - particularly when names such as MJF and Scorpio Sky could've been built for those spots if utilised in the right way.
It's highly likely that MJF and Sky will get those spots at some point down the line, but seeing Lee and Hager going for AEW's biggest prize left a bad taste in the mouth of those looking for AEW not to fall into the pitfalls so often experienced by the prime years of TNA.