The embarrassment of riches AEW has talent wise

[The anti-ratings Luddite]

I started thinking about how long it would be until Ospreay won the world title...

Then I realized that Swerve is already waiting in the wings, and he's just as, if not more over.

Then I remembered that, holy f***, they have Kazuchika Okada, too. 

Then... oh wait, Adam Cole is gonna be coming back from injury eventually, and on top of that, MJF will be back eventually, too. 

That's not even counting the "Guys who are former champs and could use another run" category, like Moxley, Hangman, and Omega.

The women's division has Toni Storm firing on all cylinders, Julia Hart being our favorite spooky goth girl, and some lady named Mercedes showed up and she seems pretty important. 

I'm not one to fanboy, but good God almighty, what an absolute murderers row of talent you have at your disposal in AEW.  If I were Tony Khan, I'd lose my mind trying to book them all in a way that keeps them in the hunt without diminishing them.  Good problem to have, I guess.

[Totorob101]

best roster both male and female in the world for me,no other company comes close to the talent AEW has.Name a top 10 wrestler in the world list and at least 8 of them are in AEW right now.

[ChitownKnight]

I feel like there are a lot of people in AEW that are fit to end Roman’s title reign (Hangman, MJF, Cole, Okada, Osprey, maybe Mox). In wwe it is just Cody, maybe Sami

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

It’s crazy. Fair dues to them, and thank f*** I don’t have the headache of trying to book them all at the levels their talents warrant.

They’ve also done a good job of making it so that you’re not a useless piece of shit if you aren’t a champion or challenging a champion. WWE still struggles in this regard (or we give them more heat about it, either/or).

[Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-]]

Man I'd comment about how awesome this is but apparently the ratings weren't good this week so none of this matters

In seriousness yeah, it's an absolutely insane roster, and one of the greatest US Rosters top to bottom of talent, especially in ring, that we may ever see in any generation

It's like someones EWR game on crack except it's real and we get to watch it, and on Free TV no less. It's an amazing time to be a wrestling fan and I'm glad I get to experience it

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

I’ll just quote/paraphrase myself from another thread this week…

Rosters so loaded right now TK sitting back like “ehhh…let’s fly Shibata in this week, have him but on some bangers. f*** it!”

Roster so loaded it’s goofy in the best possible way.

[koreycaskets]

Mar 14, 2024 22:28:58 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I feel like there are a lot of people in AEW that are fit to end Roman’s title reign (Hangman, MJF, Cole, Okada, Osprey, maybe Mox). In wwe it is just Cody, maybe Sami

Gunther

[Fade is a CodyCryBaby]

Mar 14, 2024 23:29:21 GMT -5 koreycaskets said:

Mar 14, 2024 22:28:58 GMT -5 ChitownKnight said:

I feel like there are a lot of people in AEW that are fit to end Roman’s title reign (Hangman, MJF, Cole, Okada, Osprey, maybe Mox). In wwe it is just Cody, maybe Sami

Gunther

I’ll give you Gunther, a little Okada but big definitely with Mox.

As for the roster, it’s undeniably a strong roster.


As for how to book them? He did similarly, and had a strong roster, with AEW from the jump. I don’t know if he can weave stuff just like before but the strongest acts need to be found and focused on.

[bearned]

It’s the most talented in-ring roster ever assembled. In my opinion anyway. There’s incredible depth in both divisions now.

[ChitownKnight]

Mar 14, 2024 23:42:20 GMT -5 Fade is a CodyCryBaby said:

Mar 14, 2024 23:29:21 GMT -5 koreycaskets said:

Gunther

I’ll give you Gunther, a little Okada but big definitely with Mox.

As for the roster, it’s undeniably a strong roster.


As for how to book them? He did similarly, and had a strong roster, with AEW from the jump. I don’t know if he can weave stuff just like before but the strongest acts need to be found and focused on.

I think Mox ending Roman’s title run is would be great story wise, just like with Cody and Seth. But I feel like a rub like that should go to someone that would be there and on a high level for atleast 5 years. That’s why I think MJF or Hangman would be perfect candidates

[KME]

Definitely the strongest I've ever seen, I know some people prefer WWE's 2002-ish roster but they were in major cool off mode there for me and had a lot of scrubs in prominent positions.

For me Okada, Ospreay, Danielson and Omega are the best 4 wrestlers in the world and MJF, Hangman, Swerve, Takeshita, Pac would all be right up there in contention for completing the top 5 right now, which is insane for one company. Too many male solo guys that are amazing to list really, and a great blend of prodigies, guys in their prime and legends

Tag division has the Bucks, Lucha Bros, FTR, Aussie Open, probably the best starting base you could ask for, then you've got The Acclaimed, Top Flight, Private Party, The Gunns, Best Friends, Gates of Agony, Workhorsemen, The Infantry. So much talent to work with there.

Mercedes was always my favourite women's wrestler until starting to watch AEW and discovering Jamie Hayter, and since the gimmick change Toni Storm, think Statlander and Shida are as good as anyone in the States too really, Deeb as well in her own way, Athena is arguably as good as anyone once they get her back on AEW TV, Billie Starkz has a huge future while the likes of Julia, Britt, Thunder Rosa etc have big star potential even if they're less smooth in ring, and then you've got the likes of Willow, Riho, Skye so that division looks insanely strong now too with Megan Bayne, Yuka and others seemingly on the way too in addition to Deonna who's just arrived.

It's an absolutely insane roster.

[polarbearpete]

In-ring at least, when everyone’s healthy, the roster is stacked. Possible All In cards if everyone returns are out of this world:

Swerve vs. Ospreay
Okada vs. Omega
MJF vs. Cole
Mone vs. Hayter
Danielson vs. Sabre Jr.
Bucks vs. FTR vs. Cope and Cage
Moxley vs. White

[J is Justice]

Mar 14, 2024 22:21:42 GMT -5 Totorob101 said:

best roster both male and female in the world for me,no other company comes close to the talent AEW has.Name a top 10 wrestler in the world list and at least 8 of them are in AEW right now.

[Moppy]

Pretty much. The only booking problem is getting the world title onto both Swerve and Ospreay by Wembley without doing either of them a disservice. Nice problem to have!

[mo]

Definitely an incredible roster. Hard to imagine Tony having his usual “shiny new toy” syndrome with the likes of Ospreay, Okada, and Mone but we shall see in the future. The future really does look bright for AEW though, just hope the booking lives up to it.

[stoptheclocks]

I don't think there's any doubt it's the best in-ring group of wrestlers ever assembled. The post-Invasion storyline WWE had the biggest stars. I can't be bothered to go and pick a single year, but pre-AEW WWE also had a crazy amount of talent mixed with big names.

[Cyno]

This is the best roster I've seen since like early 10's WWE.

[jb80]

The best roster in terms of raw talent. Too many injuries though, feels like there's always missing pieces.

[The Ichi]

With Omega and MJF out, I can't *quite* put it on par with 2002 WWE. Once (if) they're back though? Yeah.

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

24 hours ago I said….

Mar 14, 2024 23:03:46 GMT -5 ASYLUMHAUSEN said:

I’ll just quote/paraphrase myself from another thread this week…

Rosters so loaded right now TK sitting back like “ehhh…let’s fly Shibata in this week, have him put on some bangers. f*** it!”

Roster so loaded it’s goofy in the best possible way.

And tonight…




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