10 AEW Stars Who Desperately Need New Gimmicks

6. Wheeler Yuta

Told to prove himself after a patented William Regal slap across the face on last week's Dynamite, the time is right for Wheeler Yuta to figure out who he is going to be in AEW.

Introducing the 25-year-old through Best Friends was a good idea, given Yuta's connection to Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor, though he is very much behind his trainers, Kris Statlander, Danhausen, and Trent Beretta in the group's pecking order. He hasn't yet demonstrated what's going to make him stick out on the character front, either. Best Friends are entertaining, over, and eternally endearing, but their train will only take a potential breakout star so far.

The former IWTV Independent Wrestling World Champion's brush with Regal, Jon Moxley, and Bryan Danielson should be used as a catalyst to unleash the personality within. He'd make a fine inductee into the Danielson Dojo should AEW choose to go down that route. Alternatively, standing out as a more serious, driven character in the aloof Best Friends unit before eventually splitting off would suit as well.

Yuta is a long-term project whose youth gives AEW and the wrestler himself plenty of time for tweaks and adjustments. There's no express need to package him with an immediately marketable character, though it'd be a shame to see the fantastic Regal interaction go to waste.