8 Wrestlers Who Could Be Chris Jericho's Teased Secret Mystery Opponent
3. Colt Cabana
Not that there was anything stopping Tony Khan from booking Colt Cabana before news broke that CM Punk is almost certainly done with AEW - but there's definitely nothing stopping him now!
In his comprehensive run-down of the Brawl Out situation, Dave Meltzer wrote in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter that "the reality is that [Khan disappeared Cabana from and stopped bringing him to TV] to pacify Punk", "whether Punk directly asked for it, never even mentioned it and Khan just made the call, or something in between".
Well, there's no Punk and there won't be a Punk (until wrestling probably does what wrestling does and he returns in a year or two). This match could now happen.
Jericho and Colt actually had a really nice match in the pandemic era, a witty and improbably dramatic affair, so a sequel would be good. The only potentially awkward bit is that Colt only ever held one title in ROH: the World Tag Team championship alongside...
...CM Punk.
How does Excalibur talk around that on commentary? And what if JR returns to Dynamite and inadvertently puts his foot in it?
"It's Colt Cabana, who held the ROH World Tag Team title twice in 2004!"
"Who with, Ex?"
"...f*ck, Jim."
Probability: 10%