A lot has been happening lately in the title picture of AEW.

Newly christened World Champion CM Punk’s injuries have caused an impromptu Interim World Title to be christened, a process that will be spilling into Forbidden Door as Jon Moxley will be facing off against Hiroshi Tanahashi for the belt. The TNT Championship fairly recently had to deal with its own Interim Title process, the ramifications of which have seemingly finally settled down with Scorpio Sky as the champion, Sammy Guevara unable to challenge, and Cody Rhodes out of the company. And let’s not forget the sporadic defenses of the various Ring of Honor Titles and that Trios Title coming at some point down the line.

So, with Forbidden Door right around the corner, why not add yet another title to the mix? Tony Khan certainly thought that was a good idea, as he announced that the previously announced match between Buddy Matthews and Pac on Dynamite was actually the first match in an impromptu tournament for a newly christened All-Atlantic Championship belt, which was designed to celebrate the promotion's international appeal in England, Japan, China, Canada, and India. 

If there is one person who can think of reasons why not, it’s Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer.

Dave Meltzer wants to see some speed in the AEW championship scene.

On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the inclusion of the All-Atlantic Championship, the tournament that will decide its first winner, and its eventual conclusion at Forbidden Door. Though the tournament is filled with heavy hitters, such as Miro, Pac, and Malakai Black, Meltzer and Alvarez pointed out plenty of holes in the premise and, funny enough, presented a unique fix to the team's rapidly redundant title picture.

Why is it called the All-Atlantic Championship when part of the tournament includes New Japan wrestlers and countries that do not touch the Atlantic Ocean like China and Japan are depicted on the belt? Why does AEW need yet another belt when they already have so many to go around, especially when it comes to men’s singles competition? Finally, why take out so many top stars from the Interim Title Battle Royal so they could compete for this far less prestigious one?

It is certainly not the best look for a title announcement to be met with so many questions instead of excitement, but then Alvarez brought up an interesting idea based on another promotion’s secondary title; one that Meltzer completely agreed to and expanded upon. Why not do something like Stardom’s High-Speed Title?

Stardom, one of the premier Joshi promotions in Japan, co-opted the belt from the soon-to-be-defunct NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling promotion in 2010. Unlike your standard secondary belt, the High-Speed Championship is specifically meant for high-flyers, with quick matches rarely over 10 minutes in length and lots of spellbinding action. For the past decade-plus, the belt has enabled Stardom to show off their wrestlers who are experts of that style and provided plenty of memorable matches and champion runs, including AEW’s own inaugural Woman's Champion, Riho.

If there’s one thing AEW has in abundance of, it’s high-flyers capable of putting on quick and fun matches; heck, a few of them are already in the All-Atlantic Tournament now, including PAC and Penta Oscuro. While changing the very nature of a championship title is rather unrealistic this late in the game, introducing more uniquely-themed matches, be they booked for championships or just the fun of the sport could add some variety to the matches typically shown on AEW TV.

Stipulation matches have kind of earned a bad rep in the promotion as of late, especially after the shock and long-term fallout of Cody Rhodes not being able to challenge for the AEW Championship. Rhodes attempted strap matches, dog collar matches, four-corners matches, and even lit tables on fire to add some excitement to matches with very few finding legitimate staying power on the promotion.

With that being said, stipulations can really shake things up and make matches more meaningful, as the dog collar match between CM Punk and CM Punk clearly showcased. Having a match that, say, focuses on high-flying wrestling or even just features a shorter time limit could really help the pacing of long AEW Pay-Per-Views and help to highlight more of the roster. The same could be said for the Ring of Honor Pure Title, as its rules also bring a nice change of pace to any card. With Wheeler Yuta back in the promotion following his run in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, hopefully he will be defending the strap far more often in the future, either in AEW or ROH, as rapidly ascending star has only had one Pure match since beating Josh Woods at Super Card of Honor 15 back in April. 

Regardless, here’s hoping for a fun All-Atlantic Championship tournament and that Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez’s hypothetical conversation gets implemented in AEW one way or another.