10 Breakout Wrestling Performances That Went Nowhere

There's little arguing with the fact that Thunder Rosa's emotional ascent to the top of AEW's Women's World Championship mountain made for one of the most electric adopted hometown victories the promotion has had the honour of housing to date.

But far from establishing La Mera Mera as a performer capable of matching the usurped former champ Britt Baker in terms of all-round star-power and popularity, Rosa's time in the Championship spotlight has delivered more missteps and controversy than it has euphoric occurrences.

From reports of Rosa sand-bagging her way through contests, to backstage drama involving the likes of Baker and Jamie Hayter overshadowing much of the underwhelming action the three have been at the centre of on AEW programming, what could've been the birth of a much-needed new all-round star in the women's division has soon devolved into little more than a particularly toxic spell for the flailing corner of the All Elite product.

And with Rosa now out for the foreseeable due to injury, and Toni Storm stepping up to the Interim plate in her stead, it looks as though Tony Khan is all but ready to pull the plug on this high-profile star-making experiment gone disastrously wrong.