>>12095420Two big things fucked up his title run.
>1. Being a chickenshit heel champion.I understand that he has a "comedy side" to his wrestling, but man this really didn't translate well into the product. It's such a weird tonal shift to what people were expecting from Kenny as a world champ that I suspected the gimmick was meant to be a shot at someone in the industry. Either way, it blew chunks and killed a lot of the hype for him as the top guy.
>2. Adding the "Belt Collector" gimmick.Look, it was good for the cameras but it sucked. Most of the matches save for like two were even noteworthy. Combine that with the fact that the AEW belt was seeing some turbulence itself and the belts were devalued, moreso the AAA and Impact titles. It wasn't until the Christian match where the Belt Collecter gimmick was killed and the AEW title picture got more interesting and Kenny got some fresh challengers. The comedy still persisted but one head of the beast was still hacked off, never to recover.
