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But, before we begin, just a few things to note: we haven’t included Cody Rhodes on
this list since he’s an Executive Vice President of
AEW and as this is a list of 5, we couldn’t include everyone, so here are a few honourable
mentions: Matt Hardy, Tye Dillinger, Neville and Goldust.
“Underrated” was one word that always popped up when you think about Luke Harper’s
time in the WWE. Not only did he blaze a trail of destruction in the tag team division as
a member of the feared Wyatt family and as one half of The Bludgeon Brothers but he also
found some success as a singles competitor.
However, differences in creative ideas coupled with the fact he was heavily underutilised
led Harper to leave the WWE and join rival promotion, AEW.
Harper made his AEW debut, unveiling himself as “The Exalted One”, the leader of The
Dark Order stable but not before he fired a few shots at his former boss, Vince McMahon,
such as his detest for people sneezing.
The way they were booked with segments like this... and this..., you can understand why
The Revival wanted out of the WWE for so long.
On April 10th 2020, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder were finally granted their release,
leading many to speculate that The Top Guys were out to sign with AEW, which is exactly
what they did.
Now going by the names of “Dax Harwood” and “Cash Wheeler”, the duo made their
AEW debut under the name “FTR”, coming to the aid of The Young Bucks.
Hopefully they can now get the proper treatment they deserve in AEW instead of being made
to look like complete fools.
“The All-American American” Jack Swagger made quite the impression when he first started
in the WWE, winning the ECW Championship, the United States Championship, the WWE World
Heavyweight Championship and how can we forget, he even had his own mascot: the Swagger Soaring
Eagle.
However, in February 2013, Swagger was arrested for driving under influence,
speeding and possession of marijuana and from then on, his WWE career was not the same.
He debuted a new catchphrase: “Weed the people” … I mean, “We the People”
as well as a new manager, who strongly advocated anti-immigration beliefs.
Swagger eventually left the WWE in 2017 and went on to pursue bigger things including
a career in MMA in which he’s undefeated and he debuted in AEW, aligning himself with
Chris Jericho’s faction, The Inner Circle.
Chris Jericho continues to show us all why he’s considered as one of the greatest of
all time by breaking barriers everywhere he goes.
Whether it’s in the WWE, New Japan Pro Wrestling and now, AEW, Jericho is continually evolving
his gimmick, winning championships and of course, sipping on a bit of the bubbly.
He left the WWE not long after the break-up of Team JeriKO… whoever decided to split
them up is a… tell ‘em Jericho...
But it worked out for him as he’s had a lot of success outside of the WWE in New Japan
Pro Wrestling and AEW, the latter of which he became the inaugural AEW World Champion
or as Jericho likes to say: “Le Champion”.
Dean Ambrose went from being an unpredictable and unhinged “Lunatic Fringe” that we
all grew to love to a Germaphobe wearing a gas mask. His frustrations with the creative
direction of his character grew bigger and bigger to the point that he announced he wasn’t
going to renew his contract with the WWE.
Less than a month after leaving the WWE, Ambrose, now going by the name of Jon Moxley, shocked
the wrestling world by appearing at AEW’s inaugural pay-per-view, Double or Nothing,
attacking both Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega.
Since then, Moxley has become one of AEW’s top stars and at AEW Revolution 2020, he defeated
Chris Jericho to become the new AEW World Champion. I guess he didn’t forget about
what Jericho did to Mitch the Plant… gone but never forgotten.