10 Gimmick Changes To Save Wrestlers' Careers RIGHT NOW
6. Hook (A Return To The Dark Side)
Absolutely bursting onto the scene with his in-ring debut back in late 2021, The Cold Hearted Handsome Devil very quickly made it pretty darn impossible not to cheer for the explosiveness often found accompanying his dramatic squashes.
Listening to that in-arena and social media movement, Tony Khan intelligently pivoted and soon presented Taz's gifted son as an anti-hero of sorts with little time for words and BS. An FTW Championship win eventually came a few months down the road, along with satisfying team-ups with the likes of Action Bronson and Jungle Boy Jack Perry.
But it is starting to feel as though Khan may have squeezed all he can out of a hero Hook at this moment in time, with the youngster's natural villain energy even starting to make babyfaces out of antagonists like Stokely Hathaway whenever the pair share a frame together.
Either as a captivating mercenary hired to take out the adversaries of the various heel figures taking up a spot on the AEW roster, or a cold foil to the likes of one-time pal Jungle Boy as the rising stars look to establish themselves as the undisputed future of the company, both feel like the sort of options that could keep Hook from getting lost in the shuffle in the coming months.