Bad gimmicks aside, Mox is one of the most top guyish top guys they’ve ever had.
I agree, however the timing of everything couldn't have been any worse. In my mind, the Death Riders gimmick doesn't work, because of the events surrounding and leading into the current dynamic with AEW. Lets rewind 12 months shall we?
- The Elite turn heel and start doing Vince McMahon inspired gimmick in which they control the show how they see fit, holding up title shots and make people grovel to them
- They alter the gimmick slightly due to Vince being ousted as a sexpest, but the premise remains the same with The Elite calling the shots
- AEW show the CM Punk / Jack Perry clip, assuming they'd be in the right. Everyone deems Perry a cuck, CM Punk told no lies. Elite damage control and put Perry in the group
- FTR and other "loyalists" attempt to right the ship and say they don't care, they want the best for AEW
All of this took place during the Samoa Joe and Swerve Strickland title reigns might I add, neither of whom interacted much with the Elite bar Christian being awarded a title shot for being a good bootlicker. Khan rushes a Danielson reign, which leads us too...
- BCC turn heel and start doing a
Vince McMahon NWO inspired gimmick in which they control the show how they see fit, holding up title shots and make people grovel to them
- They alter the gimmick slightly due to
Vince being ousted as a sexpest BCC sounding like a sexual fetish, but the premise remains the same with The Death Riders calling the shots
- AEW show backstage vignettes of Moxley ranting about desire and his status in the company, assuming he'd be in the right. Everyone deems Jon a loser, CM Punk is main eventing WWE programming
- FTR and other "loyalists" attempt to right the ship and say they don't care, they want the best for AEW
Meanwhile "The Elite" have undergone no actual character development or clashed with the Death Riders on the same scale as others. Had they any ounce of self-awareness, they'd have done "The Corporation" type clash with "The Ministry" in which the suits come to terms with the anarchy unfolding? Maybe even put Khan on a crucifix, lol. Okay. Maybe not that far. Instead they had a petty feud with Private Party and appear to be turning on Jack Perry. Had the roster been able to rise up, blame them and make them feel the same level of misery, it create a natural brooding dynamic of what AEW stands for with a borderline civil war.
It's funny to think that the Dark Order had a perfect promo about this (yes, I know right?) in which Uno admits that Moxley might be right, that the group was at it's best when it was hungry. Instead the other Dark Order members berate him and said to think logically about them having stability now.
AEW have had four faction storylines go nowhere. The Pinnacle did nothing of note but educate even the biggest smarks on MJF's ego, Undisputed Kingdom has yet to do a promo in which all the members are medically cleared. Nor can I see the Elite's current arch or the direction of the Death Riders ending any better either. Whoever Mox drops the title too, if it be Omega or Darby, make the man take a break. Give that entire group a hard reset, elevate PAC and Claudio. Yuta can go to ROH for all I care, just get them away from one another once this is all said and done.
