10 Shocking AEW Plans You Won't Believe Almost Happened

10. AEW Repeating WWE’s Love Triangle

Dolph Ziggler's 19-year run with WWE ended when his contract expired in September 2023. It was a lowkey end for Nic Nemeth, but he didn't stand still. Nic joined TNA's rebrand train and has since become the group's World Champ. Things would have been very different had Nemeth become #AllEite, however.

One proposed plan for him was to redo an old WWE story.

Various reports around the time suggested that Tony Khan wanted to outright repeat WWE's dreaded love triangle storyline between Nemeth, CJ Perry and Miro. As Ziggler, Lana and Rusev respectively, the trio had stunk out the joint in 2015 with a confusing story that also included Summer Rae. To put it mildly, the feud didn't do much for anyone involved, so it's hard to imagine that AEW producing their own version would've worked.

The last thing AEW needs is to rehash crappy WWE angles that people hated the first time. Perry recruited Andrade and came close to managing Action Andretti during her brief stay in All Elite. Apparently, if these reports are accurate, Nemeth would've been next, and echoes of WWE's past would've lingered on Dynamite.

No thanks.