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It's a pretty big blow to AEW and Tony Khan.
You can tell by how delicately Tony Khan is managing the narrative that this hurts him.
That in itself is probably worth it to Vince.
Then if now Vince makes a Main Event star out of Cody Rhodes then WHAT do you think guys like MJF, Darby Allin, Jungle Boy, Orange Cassidy & Private Party.... the REAL future stars of wrestling are going to think? Guys who have been somewhat pushed out by the recent and ridiculous influx of all the ex-WWE talent acquires?
The future is not Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson, CM Punk or Jeff Hardy.
They're all fucking great but they are not the future 5-10 years from now.
That is Vince McMahon's play.
AEW needs to start pulling the trigger on guys like MJF, Jungle Boy, Darby Allin and Orange Cassidy or the WWE will use that leverage when their contracts are up.
The only homegrown talent they have pulled the trigger on is Hangman Adam Page and to be frank, I think they've dropped the ball on that BIG TIME. The AEW title is now secondary to whatever ex-WWE superstar signs with AEW this week. Just lost in the shuffle.
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