10 Most Successful WWE To AEW Transitions

With the former United States and Raw & SmackDown Tag Team Champion occupying a spot on the WWE roster for a decade or so, many understandably assumed that the Swiss nearly-man would see out the remainder of his in-ring days as a sports entertainer.

But in a move that stunned a great many after a particularly impressive 2021 in-between the ropes, a then-Cesaro opted to call time on his WWE run in late February 2022. And WWE's quiet loss was AEW deafening gain on the night of Forbidden Door a few months on.

Spinning the audience into a frenzy, along with a helpless Zack Sabre Jr., it soon became clear that this wasn't The Bar star folks had witnessed often silently going about his business under Vinnie Mac's watch for 10 years+. Here was a fiery, superhuman force of nature, with bucketloads of charisma and a new lease on in-ring life.

And it wasn't too long before the tough-as-all-hell Blackpool Combat Club member was lifting his first-ever World Championship over in Ring of Honor, arguably becoming more relevant now battering unlucky souls along with Moxley and Yuta than he was when butting heads with the former's Shield buddies.