5 Wrestlers Who Will Get Over In AEW (And 5 Who Won't)

10. Yuka Sakazaki WILL...

What's ironic about the clichéd render of the AEW fan - a man in a Bullet Club t-shirt famished for seven star matches - is that it isn't true. The opposite might be true: gauging by the superior in-ring technicality of NXT, defeated so far in the ratings battle and social media conversation, the AEW base is more interested in the emotional investment.

Cody isn't the best wrestler in AEW, but he is by some distance the most over. His Double Or Nothing masterclass with brother Dustin wasn't merely the best match promoted by AEW thus far; it's the company's mission statement. A match that appeals to the soul is more over in AEW than the quest for star ratings.

It is on this basis that Yuka Sakazaki will get over as the face of the Women's division.

She is incredibly charming as a personality. Her resting beam face is delightful, and it doesn't feel forced; there's such an authentic sympathy to her act and indeed person, and the bugs in her act are features: the way she wobbles on the top rope before flying off it works so well because it looks so imperfect. You can feel the crowd willing to get behind her because it's pure drama: a struggle to achieve a goal.