10 Matches AEW Did Better Than WWE

10. Dustin Rhodes Vs. Jake Hager

Of the many names given the care and attention they were desperately lacking whilst plying their trade under the World Wrestling Entertainment banner, Jake Hager acted as the first sign of hope in The Land of All Elite. Brought into Chris Jericho's Inner Circle on night one of AEW Dynamite, gone was the All-American goof we'd grown used to seeing in Vinnie Mac's empire. In his place was a no-nonsense powerhouse with MMA pedigree.

And never was that more prevalent than during Hager's skirmish with Dustin Rhodes on the first-ever Revolution PPV, as the two one-time WWE stars went to war in early 2020.

While their previous WWE Main Event offering quietly went under the radar back in 2013, with Goldust besting Jack Swagger via Final Cut in that forgettable outing, the same could not be said for their next battle.

In Hager's AEW debut at the PPV, the Bellator fighter violently dispatched Rhodes via arm triangle post-low blow to the wrestling legend. Sure, it was hardly the match of the night (no prizes for guessing what was!) but it still made for a most exciting battle than their WWE work ever did.