Ranking Every AEW Surprise Debut From Worst To Best

14. The Dark Order

The Dark Order of today is night and day when compared to the group we saw in the first few months after the faction made its AEW debut.

These days, the Dark Order is a massively enjoyable part of the AEW product. Mr. Brodie Lee being the group's Exalted One was clearly a major part of changing the perception of the stable, yet even then it was a rough month or so once Brodie joined - with the Vince McMahon-esque skits not quite hitting the mark.

Back to the beginning, though, and the Dark Order debut was a total stinker.

Being the Elite had already teased the arrival of the Super Smash Bros., yet debuting this tandem as part of a mysterious faction called the Dark Order was met with, well, crickets. After Chuck Taylor and Trent had picked up a W over Angelico and Jack Evans at the first Double or Nothing PPV, the tease of a hug between the two teams was interrupted by a blackout.

From there, Evil Uno, Stu Grayson and a bunch of nameless, shirtless nobodies arrived on the scene - and the silence was deafening!