10 Times AEW Saved Something That STUNK

10. Kenny Omega

AEW's booking of Kenny Omega in its debut year was certainly... interesting.

As one of AEW's four EVPs, Omega appeared terrified of people thinking he was going to use his creative control to Hogan his way to the top of the company. That he didn't is certainly a credit to him, but at the time it felt like he was going too far in the opposite direction.

High profile losses to Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho and PAC considerably dimmed Omega's shine, and his inexplicable feud with Joey friggin' Janela of all people didn't help. A wrestler of Omega's standing should have beaten Janela in less time than it took to write this sentence, not the half hour it took on the AEW's YouTube-only B show.

After a lengthy run in the tag title scene, Omega finally began to be portrayed as the superstar his fans know him to be. Armed with a newly braggadocious attitude, and accompanied by his equally smarmy friends in The Elite, Omega has been the perfect heel champion. Omega is a main-event level superstar, and AEW is all the stronger for recognizing it.