5 Likely challengers for Chris Jericho's AEW World Title after Cody

Le Champion may have some formidable foes coming his way.

#2 Scorpio Sky

Scorpio Sky is a rising star in All Elite Wrestling.

Along with tag team partner Frankie Kazarian, Scorpio Sky has the absolute best record in AEW. He's 9 and 3, which means he has more victories than the World Champion, Chris Jericho. In fact, he actually handed Jericho his first loss in AEW last week in a tag team match. If that, along with his record, doesn't earn him a title shot, what does?

Sky is an absolute stud, and a guy the crowd can get behind. This wouldn't be an underdog story, as Sky is a well-established star who has been tearing up the ring for years. He's got some size, some strength, and some high-flying -- a great combination for any wrestler -- and it could be hard for Jericho to thwart that.

Plus, Jericho just got a shot at Scorpio's title, so why shouldn't Scorpio get a shot at Jericho's? Having Jericho lose for the first time in a title match (albeit for the World Tag Titles, not the AEW Title) is a very interesting direction to go, and there must be something more than meets the eye with this one. Does Jericho have another partner waiting in the wings to go after Kazarian and Scorpio again? Will Scorpio shock the world and become the second-ever AEW World Champion while also holding the Tag Team Championship?

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I got my first big break writing for 411Mania back in 2004. I did a small spot in a big weekly piece that was written by one of the site's top writers. I quickly added the duty of being the live recapper for episodes of SmackDown, and in 2005 was given my own weekly column, which I did for a few years. I gave up writing (mostly) to start a family but got back into it, still at 411, a little over 3 years later. For another couple of years, I wrote 2-3 columns per week for the website before finding paid work elsewhere, and eventually wound up at SportsKeeda.

I am also the co-founder of the RBR: Weekly Wrestling Talk podcast, which started in the summer of 2005 and is still going strong today, almost 15 years later. Due to school, work, and family commitments, I left the team in 2011 but still remain a part of the family.

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Edited by Nicholas A. Marsico