Mans need to just show up in AEW and take over the Dark Order like he's a godparent and all them beared, bald white boys just got orphaned.
Him getting to be around Brodie's kid as a part of his job gotta do something to heal whatever is going on there. That being said... he pretty much gotta toss the mask shyt in the trash and get back to cutting cryptic promos and let them other schlubs be underbosses you gotta get through to get to him. Would give him 2+ months of building/promo time without needing to get in the ring to work if they did it right - give him time to get in shape, but also do the opposite of everyone else they bring in and rub the shine clean off them through overexposure.
Have him kill Reynolds early, then use the next few months to get him over, squash some of them jobbers they employ when he does do something, and eventually build it to Silver breaking free on his own (and getting put down for babyface sympathy)
Or... or he can stay home
If I had the money to stay on my property and bounce between thinking up crazy story concepts and trying to father an entire Offensive Line with a bad Dominician ting... you'd literally never be able to get me on the phone, nevermind into an arena
Don't even think I'd own a phone tbh.