Keith Lee. Wardlow. Lance Archer. Powerhouse Hobbs. AEW is teeming with big lad energy.
You’d think that with such a stacked roster of super-heavyweight wrestlers, plans would be in place for an established division to be set up for them. At the moment, wrestlers over 250lbs are mixing it up with guys half their size, which is of course no problem when you see a clash of styles performed as well as they are in AEW. But with their respective paths bringing them together for the first time as part of the Face of the Revolution ladder match, it’s about time conversations were had about an exclusive championship.
The level of buzz surrounding the six-man ladder match at the Revolution pay-per-view is steadily building, and that’s mostly thanks to the inclusion of three of AEW’s biggest hosses. Following Keith Lee’s huge debut, Wardlow’s string of dominant victories and Hobbs’ evolution into a solid monster heel, there’s a lot of potential for this match to go down as a show stealer, and that’s still with three names left to be confirmed.
But what happens after? Of course, one of those three names could go on to win the whole thing, punching their ticket into a championship match in the near future. Out of the three names, I’d say Wardlow currently has the biggest chance, with a potential feud with MJF on the cards for the near future, a 2005 Batista-esque run at the main event scene could be the catalyst that leads to MJF’s turning. But what of the others? This momentum can’t just stop at the ladder match, AEW should let them ride this surge of popularity and carry on pushing for them to become some of the biggest stars on the show.
With that should come the introduction of a Super Heavyweight championship, similar to PROGRESS Wrestling’s Atlas Championship that was last held by WALTER in 2019. For those that remember it in its prime, the Atlas title matches were regular hits on the monthly shows, with the likes of Doug Williams, Rampage Brown and Matt Riddle all delivering in these Godzilla vs. King Kong affairs. It allowed the meatier wrestlers to thrive in an environment that best suited them, where they could chop and forearm the living daylights out of one another, not having to keep pace with the smaller wrestlers.
AEW would be a fantastic environment to re-introduce a division similar to the Atlas, with so many larger-than-life wrestlers now free to venture into new promotions. It would allow so many giants to shake-off the assumption that they’re all sluggish buffoons who always have to be carried through to a decent match. Of course I’m not speaking of every powerhouse wrestler here, but when you think of wrestlers such as the former Braun Strowman or even Paul Wight, this is the perfect division for them to do what they do best in, look like monsters.
A super heavyweight division is the perfect excuse for more ‘Forbidden Door’ opportunities. Many heavyweight wrestlers that are currently tied-up in NJPW and Impact Wrestling could make a natural jump into this division to compete against the best big guys that AEW has to offer. Thinking about a potential collision between Keith Lee and Tomohiro Ishii on a mainstream stage, Anthony Agogo going fist-for-fist with Killer Kross, or even Inner Circle’s Jake Hager taking on a competitor like the United Empire’s Jeff Cobb would be an instant sell on episodes of Dynamite and Rampage.
Wrestling has slowly started to shift back in the favour of bigger dudes with attitudes and with so many now able to compete in different styles on top of the usual slugger-southpaw, this could be an absolute game-changer as part of AEW’s ever-evolving roster.
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