10 AEW Wrestlers That Are Permanently Lost

6. Private Party

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Ahead of AEW Dynamite's 2019 launch, All Elite Wrestling's fledgling roster grew via promo videos and short match highlights alongside limited exposure on their first few pay-per-views and YouTube vignettes shared via their various channels.

It was within this landscape that Private Party shone brightest.

That's not to say there hasn't been odd highlights for Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy, but too many of those came before the pair became as known for the botches as their bright spots and/or a middling relationship with Matt Hardy. The latter kinship had so much more promise than it ultimately delivered, and a recent Rampage class with fellow tag division survivors The Lucha Brothers only brought into sharp focus how little had changed for both duos over the last few years.

In AEW's first year, the company itself looked a better developmental than the multi-million dollar WWE Performance Center. There are fewer worse positions to be in within the company than rule-proving exceptions in this regard. Ordinarily and with optimism, it'd be worth viewing the only way as up. The longer they linger, the more that audiences might just want them gone.

 
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