>Just show up and talk shit and hold the title up in the air
>every now and then for a few months, until it’s healed? Let
>all the other workhorses carry the show? When’s the next
>PPV anyways? AEW doesn’t have them every month like WWE.
>If he’s not ready by the next PPV, just have him make an
>appearance, and have the main event be for a title shot or
>something. Or let the TNT match main event and make it really
>matter like the old 80s-early 90s IC title. They used to do
>shit like that all the time - go back to it, who cares?
>Nobody got time for keeping up with this pressed ass title
>match at every monthly PPV, 5 different champions in a year,
>modern WWE bullshit schedule anyway. Nobody following
>wrestling like THAT. Slow it down and let him hold it, who
>cares?

Yeah. They could do something like that. But Punk probably doesn’t want to be that type of champ (even tho it would make that MJF story everyone keeps booking a WOW for a different reason). And maybe he’s FUCKING HURT and he could be out for longer than they even wanted to say. Like 6 months or something more.

Now that you bring it up, I also wonder wtf WWE is about to do. Rollins/Cody is the number one program in the company and Reigns is off somewhere doing something/on some Brock+ shit. They’re kinda doing what you’re talking about. There’s rumors that Jack Tunney isn’t walking through any doors (with his defense every 30 days rules) and Reigns might not defend again til damn near Summerfest.