Who takes over the leadership role? If Gabe Kidd was ready to leave New Japan and come to AEW or at least go on an extended run with the company, I'd make it him. He's got the brightest future out of all of them, better talker than all of them, he'd fill that tough guy role very well, and he's excellent at drawing legitimate heel heat.My guess would be your second thought. He will tap again, and the rest turn on him and beat him down for turning into a wuss, what they purportedly hate. He might get a few months off out of it, and come back all face-y.
Otherwise, I'd probably go with Claudio. He's the most physically imposing and here's around regularly, unlike PAC.
PAC is the better talker but injured or back chilling in England half the time.
Yuta is a bum who loses all the time so it wouldn't make any sense at all. At least he's not a quitter though.
Garcia just joined and is not remotely ready for that role.
Shafir is just an enforcer who rarely ever wrestlers.
