10 Wrestlers Who Have Changed The Most Since AEW Launched

10. QT Marshall

QT Marshall began AEW as a background hanger-on of the Rhodes Family, building on his real-life professional partnership with Cody. The two, along with Glacier, are co-owners and trainers of The Nightmare Factory wrestling school. While skilled in the ring, Marshall never really wowed, and was often used when a member of the Rhodes-led Nightmare Factory stable had to eat defeat to build up a rival or opposing stable.

QT's stock was boosted when he was booked in a kayfabe relationship with Allie, but she soon betrayed him, returning to The Butcher and (real-life husband) The Blade. This left QT looking like a loser and backpedalling to an indefinable stooge. A heel turn was the best way to counteract this, yet, though he benefited from the TV exposure that came with feuding with Cody, he would ultimately come out of it with two major singles losses at Blood & Guts (22 April 2021) and Road Rager (7 July 2021).

Thankfully, the wrestling gods dictate that a heel jobber is better than their face counterparts. And Marshall is a serviceable heel for babyfaces to overcome, particularly on Dark and Elevation. Plus, no-one foresaw QT being the man in the other corner during Paul "Big Show' Wight's AEW debut match.