10 Precise Moments When AEW Careers Ended

5. Awesome Kong

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This was as inconspicuous a departure as you're likely to get.

Awesome Kong had been cast as Brandi Rhodes' ticket to the top of the women's division when she burst into view during the summer of 2019. The deal with Kong seemed like a no-brainer; her experience and star power meant she could help the division develop. Things...didn't really pan out as Khan and company might've intended there.

Brandi's dark Nightmare Collective story was flat, and Kong looked less than "Awesome" by standing by such a sh*t show. Finally, All Elite decided to pull the plug by having Mel and Luther of The Collective kick the crap out of her following Mel's loss to Hikaru Shida on the 4 February 2020 Dark.

Security then marched out to help Kong to the back as fans applauded her efforts and figured a babyface turn was incoming. That didn't happen. Instead, she went off to start filming the doomed fourth season of Netflix' GLOW, then got released by AEW on 1 June 2021.

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