Select Answers: Christian, AEW Title In NJPW, Liv Morgan, Thekla (Patreon)

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Hey Sean, do you see Christian tweaking his character any anytime soon or is he going to be turtleneck adorned prick father figure until he retires? lol he’s one of my all time favorites and it’s been disappointing to see him go through hardly any character development since rejoining with Adam.

I think he should have already. There are way too many people wearing all black in AEW, much less a guy that looks like Christian does doing it and keeping the same tired gimmick. I'm sure he would claim it's for HEAT, but it's just tired at this point. He needs something new.

Assuming Ospreay wins the AEW title at All In, do you think there's a chance TK would allow the title to be defended at Wrestle Kingdom on January 4 against Callum Newman?

If it is important to Will Ospreay and the NJPW/AEW relationship, I think there's a real possibility. NJPW is finally developing some new marquee stars, so I think that relationship is about to kick back into gear.

This is a two-parter but it's related to the same thing. First off why are they blaming for Liv for the lack of defenses of the WWC? I know she's a heel but they are making it seem in canon she's the reason why the division is the way it is. Second, why are they now just addressing this in canon after her first defense at SummerSlam?

Who is "they?" Fans? That would be dumb. She doesn't book the show. On TV, they're not going to say "Triple H has no general idea or direction of this championship." They wouldn't and should not highlight operational incompetence in kayfabe, even though it's the reality. It isn't fair to Liv, but it's how they make sense of it on the TV show.

Is Thekla being saved for the debut of Kairi at All In?

Originally I thought so, but as of me writing this (August 21), Kairi isn't signed to any company, and there's still work to be done on that. I'm not sure what Thekla is doing at AEW All In, but she absolutely deserves to be on the card, in a substantial way.