Sometimes all you need to hook viewers and get them invested in your story is be the absolute best at literally everything you do. See, it can’t be that hard?

We’re not sure if anyone else has been seeing what we’re seeing with Wes Lee, but if they weren’t already on board the Wes Train, they were probably won over this week. First, he had an absolutely phenomenal match with Dijak, a match in which Dijak worked over Lee’s arm, Lee worked over Dijak’s leg, and both “injuries” contributed directly to how the match played out, as they should. It was a great showing for both men, but especially for Lee, who, after winning the match and the title shot — and having run into Carmelo Hayes signing autographs backstage earlier — went back to confront Hayes and demand he sign the contract right there and then. When Hayes didn’t agree right away, Lee swept the photos off Hayes’ autograph signing table, folded it up and dragged it down the ramp and into the ring so the entire world could address the matters at hand.

Amazing. 10/10 already. And yet, somehow, it got better.

Lee is incredible in the ring in general, and he was again Tuesday night, but he’s also a legitimately fantastic promo. How often does that combination come around? He’s kind of like what LA Knight fans think LA Knight is, but actually isn’t. People talk about Knight as though his promo style feels very natural, like something a real person would say and how they would say it, despite the fact that Knight is basically a billboard character brought to life by ChatGPT. Lee, however, actually does deliver promos that feel natural. He was astounding on the mic this week, to the extent that we suddenly desperately need him to beat Hayes next week (he won’t, but we need him to). Don’t get us wrong, Hayes was great too, directly challenging Lee’s mantra that he can always do the things people tell him he can’t do by flat-out saying “You can’t beat me” and quoting the chorus of TLC’s “Waterfalls,” but it was Lee who stood out and shined. And then to follow it up with the casual double foot-stomp through the table just because you can and it looks cool? Yeah, this is how you get people invested in your characters and storylines, guys; take notes.

If “Heatwave” was a PPV, Hayes vs. Lee itself would be worth the price. They have so much history together, all wrapped up in the secondary North American title, and we have no doubt that there will be innumerable references and callbacks. For now, we’re just sitting here amazed that Wes Lee turned out to be great at literally every part of wrestling. We’ve always loved him, but this week’s episode cemented that love, strengthened it, and made us believe that maybe he can do anything. If somebody walked in right now and started pitching a story that ended with Wes Lee dethroning Roman Reigns, we would at least give it some thought.