Best Used and Worst Used AEW Wrestlers?

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Best: All things considered and especially given his age Christian Cage has been used great for a while now. The dead dad cheap heat stuff can get a little cringe, but I’m just surprised it’s going to be 2024 and we can still see great matches from Christian.

Worst: On the flip side, I know a lot of people love it, but let’s just say I’m not a fan of all the bad comedy stuff involving Roderick Strong. And for f***’s sake it’s Roderick Strong, he’s practically Mr. ROH.

[Dub H]

Best Used: Kenny or Hangman, neither cross the line of being the overused safe choice Mox is but they are constant marquee matches and main eventers.


Worst used(overshowcased):Jay Lethal or Roderick

Worst used( underpushed): Kip Sabian,Dark Order(especially John Silver) or Best Friends(not counting OC).All of then showed they can be great wrestlers, get over when given the chance and were part of some great moments in AEW.Just to be buried to irrelevance

[Bo Rida]

Best: Julia and Swerve, appear most weeks, strong but not invincible, feel unique, good presentation. OC for one of the best title reigns in recent memory and that he can slot in anywhere on the card without being out of place.

Worst: Takeshita. One of best in the world in his prime and he barely wrestles or has any agency of his own, just an extension of Don. Lethal for being the opposite to that.
Basically every established tag team because it barely feels like a division these days but especially Best Friends being afterthoughts.

[deezy]

Best - Julia

Worst - Ethan Page

[Ronny Rayguns Is All Elite]

Best used: Toni Storm/ ORange Cassidy
Worst used: Ethan Page is way better than how he has been used this year

[alexm]

I just know worst (in no specific order):
-Basically anybody who ever was in the Dark Order, especially Stu Grayson
-Miro
-Andrade
-Keith Lee
-Ethan Page
-Hybrid 2
-Private Party
-Kip Sabian
-Wardlow
-Hook
-Nick Comoroto
-Anthony Ogogo
-Lance Archer
-AR Fox
-Johnny TV (and I'd prefer he be called Johnny Elite)
-Kota Ibushi up to now
-Matt Sydal
-Parker Boudreaux
-Serena Deeb
-Taya Valkyrie


Who would I depush to give those people more airtime:
-The Kingdom
-Big Bill
-Dustin Rhodes
-Juice Robinson
-The Gunns
-Nick Wayne (he's so young, no need to push him right now)
-QT (when he was there)
-Wheeler Yuta (not that he's bad, just too big a role for him)
-Shawn Spears had too big a role for a long time
-Riho
-Penelope Ford
-Red Velvet

[Cyno]

Agreeing with everyone saying Ethan Page under worst. I know he's been very complimentary about Matt Hardy, but dude deserves so much better than to be stuck in his orbit. Just hope Kenny Omega's diverticulitis doesn't kill whatever they had planned with him.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Dec 26, 2023 10:53:47 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Best: Julia and Swerve, appear most weeks, strong but not invincible, feel unique, good presentation. OC for one of the best title reigns in recent memory and that he can slot in anywhere on the card without being out of place.

Worst: Takeshita. One of best in the world in his prime and he barely wrestles or has any agency of his own, just an extension of Don. Lethal for being the opposite to that.
Basically every established tag team because it barely feels like a division these days but especially Best Friends being afterthoughts.

Great call on Takeshita. Instead of throwing a bunch of money at Okada, they should just let NJPW keep him. Okada has always excelled in NJPW whereas in AEW he may face shiny new toy syndrome. Takeshita has an amazing skillset. It may work better for AEW if rather than pouching Okada, they develop their own.

[Nosnorb]

Dec 26, 2023 9:32:49 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Worst: On the flip side, I know a lot of people love it, but let’s just say I’m not a fan of all the bad comedy stuff involving Roderick Strong. And for f***’s sake it’s Roderick Strong, he’s practically Mr. ROH.

This is the most over he has ever been in his career, dude has also managed to make Mike Bennett and Matt Taven the most interesting as they have ever been, and is a key part of one of the best storylines AEW has ever done. Turning Roderick Strong into Roddy "The Simp" Strong and giving him the #NeckStrong tag was brilliant, and to say that he has been the worst used wrestler in the company is quite frankly laughable.

Worst used has been Ethan Page, who should have been given a much bigger role, though that could be said for anyone who was saddled with Matt Hardy. Speaking of Matt, him and his brother are running on fumes and AEW should have put a fork in them in ring ages ago.

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

Dec 26, 2023 15:54:20 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

Dec 26, 2023 9:32:49 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Worst: On the flip side, I know a lot of people love it, but let’s just say I’m not a fan of all the bad comedy stuff involving Roderick Strong. And for f***’s sake it’s Roderick Strong, he’s practically Mr. ROH.

This is the most over he has ever been in his career, dude has also managed to make Mike Bennett and Matt Taven the most interesting as they have ever been, and is a key part of one of the best storylines AEW has ever done. Turning Roderick Strong into Roddy "The Simp" Strong and giving him the #NeckStrong tag was brilliant, and to say that he has been the worst used wrestler in the company is quite frankly laughable.

Worst used has been Ethan Page, who should have been given a much bigger role, though that could be said for anyone who was saddled with Matt Hardy. Speaking of Matt, him and his brother are running on fumes and AEW should have put a fork in them in ring ages ago.

Calling MJF’s face run and bromance with Adam Cole, “one of the best storylines AEW has ever done” is quite frankly laughable to me, but you know different strokes for different folks.

Good point on the Hardys though. They should have done the same thing that I wish they did with Sting. Rather than let the luster wash off all three by putting them in a bunch of meaningless matches on free TV, they should have spaced out some high profile dream matches on PPV. Then transition them into other roles when appropriate.

[Alice Syndrome]

Best: Julia Hart

Worst: Sonny Kiss.

[daaave]

Dec 26, 2023 16:24:16 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Dec 26, 2023 15:54:20 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

This is the most over he has ever been in his career, dude has also managed to make Mike Bennett and Matt Taven the most interesting as they have ever been, and is a key part of one of the best storylines AEW has ever done. Turning Roderick Strong into Roddy "The Simp" Strong and giving him the #NeckStrong tag was brilliant, and to say that he has been the worst used wrestler in the company is quite frankly laughable.

Worst used has been Ethan Page, who should have been given a much bigger role, though that could be said for anyone who was saddled with Matt Hardy. Speaking of Matt, him and his brother are running on fumes and AEW should have put a fork in them in ring ages ago.

Calling MJF’s face run and bromance with Adam Cole, “one of the best storylines AEW has ever done” is quite frankly laughable to me, but you know different strokes for different folks

I'd say up to All In you could make a case for it being up there. Depending on your taste. Post All In it took a sharp nose dive though for sure.

[Some Guy]

Dec 26, 2023 14:41:25 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Dec 26, 2023 10:53:47 GMT -5 Bo Rida said:

Best: Julia and Swerve, appear most weeks, strong but not invincible, feel unique, good presentation. OC for one of the best title reigns in recent memory and that he can slot in anywhere on the card without being out of place.

Worst: Takeshita. One of best in the world in his prime and he barely wrestles or has any agency of his own, just an extension of Don. Lethal for being the opposite to that.
Basically every established tag team because it barely feels like a division these days but especially Best Friends being afterthoughts.

Great call on Takeshita. Instead of throwing a bunch of money at Okada, they should just let NJPW keep him. Okada has always excelled in NJPW whereas in AEW he may face shiny new toy syndrome. Takeshita has an amazing skillset. It may work better for AEW if rather than pouching Okada, they develop their own.

I think every part of what they've done with Takeshita this year is mystifying. They had MJF do pretty racist promos on him only to just end up beating him in the qualifier rather than setting up a title match. He spent all year being recruited by Callis and turning heel finally only to be considerably less featured than he was as a face. He beat Kenny twice in one week including more or less clean on a PPV, and has done genuinely nothing whatsoever since then besides tag matches.

He's also maybe the best pure babyface as far as in ring charisma in the company besides maybe Darby, so as much as I question turning him in the first place, what they've done with him since is much worse. It's just shameless ball dropping for no reason.

[Kalmia]

All I want to know is why Dalton Castle and Athena aren't on my TV screen (not streaming) every week.

[deezy]

Dec 26, 2023 9:32:49 GMT -5 KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! said:

Best: All things considered and especially given his age Christian Cage has been used great for a while now. The dead dad cheap heat stuff can get a little cringe, but I’m just surprised it’s going to be 2024 and we can still see great matches from Christian.

Worst: On the flip side, I know a lot of people love it, but let’s just say I’m not a fan of all the bad comedy stuff involving Roderick Strong. And for f***’s sake it’s Roderick Strong, he’s practically Mr. ROH.

Roddy officially jumped the shark for me when he started shouting everyone's name loud instead of just Adam Coles. Now it's just eye rolling for me when he does it.

The skits with him and Cole stopped being funny after the first one they did together.

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Dec 26, 2023 18:51:13 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

All I want to know is why Dalton Castle and Athena aren't on my TV screen (not streaming) every week.

This is a constant wonder of mine. Why tF Tony didn’t bring Dalton and his boys up to the AEW main brand from the jump. There was even word network executives dug his shtick. Constantly entertaining. I don’t get it.

[Hypnosis]

Best Used: Julia Hart, Christian Cage, Orange Cassidy, Swerve Strickland
Worst Used: Ethan Page, Dalton Castle, Takeshita, Taya Valkyrie

[Deleted]

Worst: Johnny TV , Taya , AR FOX , Miro , Keith Lee , Ethan Page.

Best Used: Julia Hart, Christian Cage, Orange Cassidy, Swerve Strickland , Athena

[The Ichi]

I wouldn't say Miro is badly used when he seems to actively shut down whatever they give him.

[King Devitt]

Best: Julia Hart / Christian Cage / Swerve / Roddy

Worst: Takeshita / put Athena back on AEW TV dammit / Wild Thing theme song (is a wrestler now. just go with it)