AEW Hot Takes of the Week: There are too many similar factions

2. AEW Does Not Need A Midcard Championship

Now, I was a big proponent of adding a secondary championship to AEW to give midcarders and stars that are not in the main event scene something to fight over, but the recent weeks of AEW Dynamite changed my mind on the matter.

I was concerned that it would be hard to track the success of those not in the world title picture if they don’t have another championship to go after. After all, isn’t the end goal for all wrestlers to be a champion?

However, I thought it was very interesting that there was a match over a Dynamite Diamond, and it was able to carry so much meaning. I would say it had a similar feeling of winning the King of the Ring tournament in WWE.

Then, what really caught my eye was Cody offering his car, shoes, watch, and money to fight MJF on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. These blood feuds are great, but if we can add material evidence of success on top of a win-loss record, then what need do we have for another title?

AEW is still in its infancy, so their concern should be growing their audience and making their stars into superstars. The way to do that is to make everything they do feel important, and that way, wins do really matter.

AEW has done a great job, so far, learning from WWE’s mistakes. One mistake is that there are approximately a thousand championships in the company, which diminishes their importance and the importance of the superstars that hold the strap.

Midcard talent can get by, and even excel away from the world title picture so long as they have storylines to sink their teeth into or prizes like diamond rings or cash to fight for. That way, main event talent can become true mainstream superstars when they win the ever important AEW World Championship from the bonafide rockstar that is Chris Jericho.

Will we end up seeing a midcard title in AEW eventually? Most likely. But as for now, I think the best route is to keep things as simple as possible and follow the golden rule, which is: less is more.