Boy was this an adventure, huh? Regardless of how one feels about the reporting of this situation or not, it does little to change that King is about to wrestle the biggest match of his life this weekend with more eyeballs on him than ever before. Last week, following the anti-ICE chants on “Dynamite,” I would’ve said there was a strong argument with going for King pulling off the surprise upset over MJF, though I still would’ve leaned towards MJF retaining the title to drop it either to Andrade at Revolution or Kenny Omega at Dynasty. One week and this wild Thursday later, I’m proud to say I’m a changed man; Brody King absolutely should win the AEW World Championship this weekend.

Now yes, was this the most bizarre, unlikeliest of routes we took to get here? You better believe it. But I don’t see how it can be denied now. King was hot last week coming off that win and the anti-ICE chants. Now between all the attention that drew and all the attention King and AEW have received today, to call King hot may be a bit of an understatement. It’s a case of where controversy (even false controversy) can be good, and today’s events should only increase anticipation for King vs. MJF at “Grand Slam” this weekend, not to mention attention for the event as a whole. So strike while the iron is hot. I get there’s probably months of plans Tony Khan has set for this title, and maybe Andrade, Omega, MJF or whoever may have seemed more viable. But if I’m Khan, I’m scrapping it. You have a potential superstar ready to explode if you choose to go with him this weekend. Strap up Brody King. The moment has arrived.