10 AEW Wrestlers Tony Khan Totally FUMBLED
1. The Troubling Majority Of Those That Have Competed In The Women's Division
The women's division's growth has been one of the most prominent success stories in All Elite Wrestling in 2024, but the promotion has been kicking around since 2019 and even the most backward-facing archaic version of WWE was able to get its act together parity-wise midway through the 2010s.
Even now, AEW's the best it's ever been for women and still not really good enough.
Tony Khan, from the outside, appears to have struggled to give the women’s roster the same attention and care as their male counterparts. The division’s biggest stars over the years such as Britt Baker, Hikaru Shida, Ace figure Toni Storm and major acquisition Mercedes Moné have managed to find space to shine, but often in isolation, with little continuity or depth in the broader storytelling. Matches are frequently relegated to the same time slot or treated as afterthoughts, and there’s been a frustrating lack of meaningful feuds beyond the title pictures.
The inconsistent TV time and underdeveloped characters have stunted the division's growth and left a trail of half-baked and incomplete characters exchanging wins and losses in listless never-ending jockeying for position, making it feel secondary instead of integral to AEW's identity. Even when opportunities arise, such as the introduction of the TBS Championship via indestructible force Jade Cargill, they've often fallen flat due to erratic booking.
The times are definitely changing, but overdue is an understatement.