8 Amazing Wrestlers That Flopped In AEW

2. Jeff Jarrett

AEW signing Jeff Jarrett in November 2022 felt like a strange decision. In its early years, Tony Khan's upstart company felt like a fresh alternative to WWE's stale, Vince McMahon-led monotony. Brimming with fresh names like Darby Allin and MJF, AEW avoided the trappings of TNA and the concept that yesteryear's superstars had value in the contemporary wrestling landscape.

Double J is the ultimate throwback and the antithesis to modern wrestling. Wielding his trademark guitar and blasting people over the head with it, Jarrett's place on the AEW roster felt completely unnecessary from the start. He formed a tag team with Jay Lethal, and the stench of TNA was hard to stomach as it felt a million miles away from everything that had succeeded for Khan up to this point.

Throwing Jeff's wife Karen into proceedings also felt dated and misguided. Things would reach a stinky crescendo during a segment with MJF that drew criticism from all quarters. On the January 15th, 2025 episode of Dynamite, the pair spat more misogyny at one another than an Andrew Tate tweet, and Jarrett was taken off TV for good by the end of that month.