They might be moderately more competent, but they likely won’t have his charisma and cultural cache. A lot of more competent fascists have tried to steal his thunder, and they’ve all ended up either kissing his ring (Vance) or flaming out spectacularly (DeSantis).
Probably for the best. His AEW run was so stop & go that it felt like driving on the 405.
No idea whose fault it is that he couldn’t stay on TV consistently, or even if it’s really anybody’s fault when it comes down to it, but maybe a change of scenery will do him good. And hey, WWE is a much better place now than when he left, so maybe they’ll pick him up and he’ll do well there.