10 Times AEW Saved Something That STUNK
8. Miro
Redeemer by name, Redeemed by nature. "Nature" in this case being an AEW booking department who realised that, when it came to introducing Miro to their audience, they screwed the pooch harder than a caninophile on a Viagra bender.
Seriously, Miro's AEW debut has to mark as one of the most baffling ideas in AEW's admittedly short history. Miro is an intimidating beast of a man, yet the company started him off by pairing him with a lower card wrestler and making him feud over a broken arcade machine.
That's right - a man who looks like he eats raw iron and craps out nails was feuding with jobbers over a video game. God knows what AEW were thinking with that one. Most people love video games, but they wouldn't pay PPV prices to see a couple of geeks get into a slap fight over them.
Thankfully the company righted ship with the aptly named "Redeemer" gimmick. Now, Miro is an ass-kicking warrior of God, laying down beatings in the name of the Lord by day and bedding his hot wife at night. A welcome throwback to the insanity of '80s wrestling, Miro's Redeemer is one of the best characters in AEW and will hopefully be redeeming the World Championship scene soon.
And on the subject of redeeming championships...