10 AEW Wrestlers Who Teamed With WWE Champions

10. Chris Jericho/Paul Wight

Where better than to start with the former Jeri-Show?

Both men fit both criteria here, with Paul Wight's recent AEW signing reuniting unlikely partners that became one of the few new acts to get over in a significantly stagnant 2009 WWE.

Jericho and Show were ultra-effective as Tag Team Champions for most of the year, having both held World Titles before that point and thus carrying an air of credibility obscuring their thrown-together tandem. Their committment to the unit made the act feel so much greater than the strong sum of its parts, too.

Though Wight has yet to don the singlet in AEW (but based on interviews about the end of his WWE stint, it sounds like something he aspires to do), Jericho's proven a vital component in helping launch the company as a credible alternative to the accepted market leader. The former Big Show - in small doses - would likely do the same, especially for the sought after (and once-thought lost forever) casual viewers.