I do think AEW could stand to benefit from featuring some of their more home grown and original/early signee talent more.
But I also think a lot of the people aren’t really worth investing in either though.
Lack of TV time is a problem though. Even more reason why I think it’s critical to return Dark to the way it was originally treated as a legit show instead of glorified squash matches. Hell Kenny Omega was even on there. If Dark was originally good enough for Omega it should be good enough for the entire roster to compete on.
For the ones I think they need to invest more in or up the investment. Some of these might not be one of their originals or early signees. I’m not about to look them all up and going to make educated guesses
- The Acclaimed - they need to be tag champs within a year after Bowens is back from injury
- Christopher Daniels - why can’t he be a solid mid carder guy in the TNT title scene?
- Best Friends seem fairly under utilized to me
- Colt Cabana is a pretty likeable guy, is CM Punk holding him back though?
- Daniel Garcia
- Dante Martin - man gets a push then something always fukks it up
- Eddie Kingston - see Christopher Daniels
- Ethan Page - why has he never competed for the TNT title
- Miro - whenever he comes back that is. I know he’s been out for what seems like forever between injuries, TV, and apparently a European vacation. Though his initial run was pretty good, needs to get back to that
- Santana and Ortiz - one of the best tag teams they have but has rarely if ever been treated that way
- Kris Statlander - don’t even get me started here, I’m still kissed at Friday lol
- Jamie Hayer
- Penelope Ford
- Thunder Rosa - her title reign has been booked awfully
Some of their more recent exit-WWE signees that just aren’t working out and probably shouldn’t have been signed to begin with
- Tony Nese - why, just why?
- Jake Atlas - though I am willing to give him some time once he gets back from injury. He did look pretty good in his last match. Thing is, why sign him when other guys who are probably just as good if not better weren’t getting pushed?
- Buddy Matthews - and I even like him, but same with Atlas. Why push him when there are others just as good if not better who aren’t getting pushed?
- Jake Hager - honestly one of the most worthless wrestlers he has ever signed. What on earth ever possessed TK to sign him? At least the only time he is ever featured on TV is so multi-man match. But that spot could be going to countless others who are better
- The Hardy’s - worthless in 2022
- reDRagon - and I like them, but the tag division is so stacked I don’t think it was worth it and I can’t see either getting a legitimate push in singles. Perhaps when we Omega comes back and we get that rumored split between the Elite and the Undisputed then that will change
- Matt Sydal
And no, I’m not including Adam Cole on that list. He’s one of their most over and popular wrestlers and also one of the top merch sellers. Only man in AEW who has outsold Cole on prowrestlingtees is CM Punk
I wonder how much bum ass Kyle ocac got for his five years
. I get MJF is bigger than when he first started, but that was always gonna happen. He hasn’t been in bad storylines I would just thug it out. Someone had to get a bigger bag than him that wasn’t worthy…idk
