>>19597434All this weird shit makes sense when you remember Tony is a territory era mark and Ric Flair is his favorite wrestler. He wants his main heels to be like touring NWA champions. He doesn't view AEW through WWE standards, he sees it as the indie Jim Crockett Promotions and MJF is his Ric Flair CAW.
When he sends people like MJF and Mercedes to all these different promotions he's imagining them like Flair showing up at the local county fair in the mid-80s to defend the NWA belt. It's a big LARP, but that's the reasoning behind it.
