10 Anti-WWE Moves AEW Made Out Of Spite
8. The Brass Ring
An infamous Vince McMahon maxim there to be shot at, the "brass ring" that so many talents tried and failed to reach during their WWE runs was something voiced into AEW canon by a debuting Miro before the company themselves made the bizarre choice to design an actual one for the "Face Of The Revolution" ladder match at Revolution 2021.
Unlike most of the other acts in this list, the prop choice was a major self-own.
Yes, having a literal brass ring up there scanned as the dig at the opposition it was, but the wrestlers were still booked to want to claim it. And it looked stupider in Scorpio Sky's hands than it did hanging from the ceiling - Sky looked for all intents and purposes like he was holding a Sonic The Hedgehog ring and/or a piles cushion, not the key to career ascension.
And that was the other problem - it didn't elevate Sky in the aftermath, thus resembling one of McMahon's false dawns far more than a concerted AEW push.