10 WWE Wrestlers Who Must Also Join AEW
The entertainers who should be Elite.
AEW - and the "war" narrative between All Elite Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment - has simultaneously brought old giddy thrills and a new infuriating takes to the table in a 2020 already defined by something far more awful than even the worst of pro wrestling could ever hope to be.
There's loads fun to be had imagining dream matches between the two sides, carefully examining the ratings and pretending you work in television, and wondering just who might jump ship next thanks to that all-important momentum currently swinging towards Jacksonville.
If the b*stard you're dwelling on isn't the ongoing global one outside, it's the exclamation you make upon seeing yet another suggestion that Dynamite is featuring too many ex-WWE guys. Miro's recent arrival with the organisation brought the same craic back, and though his "glass ceiling" bullsh*t fanned the first flames, the reality remains - he isn't ex-WWE first, independent contractor wrestler second. Nobody ever has been, apart maybe from Stephanie and Shane McMahon but even the really good TNT shows probably couldn't do much with their limitations.
This list is just a bit of fun speculation. The type that's getting harder to do with WWE because so little of it makes sense anymore. This is the discourse that only comes from the industry escaping a monopoly, and one we should all be grateful for. If these lot move across and totally rule and get pushed, we all win. If they don't, so what? Here's to never saying never...
10. Kevin Owens
Upon defeating Aliester Black thanks to help from flickering lights (!) on a recent edition of Monday Night Raw, Kevin Owens celebrated backstage by eating a banana (!!) before wheeling away from the scene on a disused office chair (!!), and if you're wondering why the latter half of that description doesn't sound like WWE television it's because it wasn't.
The banana and chair craic was morbidly entertaining, and thus reserved for a WWE.com exclusive like the rest of the half-decent promos. The bullsh*t match and finish was all Raw.
Indeed, Owens' Monday was an odd one out of context, but not so far removed from his regular life as an occasionally-thought-about upper midcarder. At worst, could he not be living this life in AEW?
What a blast he could be on Being The Elite, not to mention the spicier comedy he could add to Dynamite. And that's if he's used as a babyface - there are few better bastards than the 'Prizefighter' when managed effectively. As powerful as a giant, as creatively violent as a deathmatch wrestler and as skilful as a technical high flyer, Owens' ability to turn the dial as required makes him one of the more versatile talents out there.
He looks increasingly more content to take an extremely healthy payday, and that's no bad thing for a man who's bumped enough to earn a wage for life.
But he's not the only one who might have a little more left to offer than that...