I think Ricky Starks will be the first...He's start to get popular with the fans and his matches starting to get good..But, AEW needs to show luv to Powerhouse Hobbs and put a belt on him..Either The TnT Title belt or the All Atlantic Title belt on him!!..
I agree about Starks. He's on the cusp.
They are currently in the process of wasting Hobbs. It's like if Wardlow is the A side of a single, Hobbs is the B side. AEW has a few big guys who can have good to great matches without compromising their opponents style.
I look at it like this. Some wrestlers need their own kingdom to rule until they are ready to go to the next level. AEW has Dynamite, Rampage, Dark, Elevation, and now ROH. Five shows. There's no reason for future prospect to be taking L's the way they have.
Each show should have someone that is tasked with making sure that they are highlighting certain wrestlers. The problem they run into is that they have enhancement talent who sometimes outshine who they are there to put over, and show have a tendency to be all over the place.
It should be a big fucking deal when Wardlow and Hobbs get face to face.
Keith Lee should damn near be an uncrowned champion.
That's why I posted those videos of Bam Bam and Vader. When you have big guys who can work that well, you don't take that shit for granted.
Bear Country, Butcher (Butcher and the Blade are being wasted too), and some others they have access too as well.
I get that Hook is supposed to be the super special attraction talent.... For now. But he's gonna have to be unleashed against people that matter.
Orange Cassidy is for the kids. Can't say I wouldn't book him as a champ who can have fun matches until it's time for a new Champ.
Samoa Joe is is Samoa Joe, we should treasure him while we have time.
The tag scene is all over the place too. When they didn't give FTR the titles, it's just been weird.
Tony needs to get his shit together. He's just fortunate that he has some of of the best workers in the world under the same roof. And he has access to to to some of the best international talent. They are lucky that WWE refuses to embrace the world outside of the WWE.