>>12244713he's barely over enough to be a midcard champion
he was the weak link in the 4 way title match and got humiliated by rush in the build up to it
this is an angle that has a lot of interest, and it's setting up a long term mystery world title contender
jungle boi being the leader would be so awful it would unironically cause a percentage of the audience to just give up on AEW, and that is not cap
adam cole would be fine, but it's the most obvious answer and wouldn't really excite anyone.
punk is the best case scenario, but probably has zero shot of it happening
ospreay is the only other acceptable choice besides punk. he just has to ride out his NJPW deal for a few more months... though i guess he could be revealed as the devil soon and just go super heel in NJPW on his way out, putting over umino or someone like that in the process.
