10 Times AEW Took Advantage Of WWE Ignoring The Fans
8. Bobby Fish
Bobby Fish will never ever win the AEW Championship, but his signing has been unexpectedly revelatory in highlighting how little that really matters.
Fish was bordering on becoming an also-ran in his own group during The Undisputed Era's hottest period on NXT. A series of unfortunately times injuries halted his momentum more than once, and Roderick Strong proved such a good replacement alongside Kyle O'Reilly that audiences increasingly stopped caring if the temporary fix was made permanent.
And yet, his run of matches in All Elite Wrestling thus far have shown off a benefit that was there all along.
A mean-spirited but super-talented submission-and-strikes specialist, Fish can be elevated over the course of one squash to enough of a height that a CM Punk or Bryan Danielson can view him as a scalp. Such a performer is vital to the success, credibility and integrity of the company's ranking system. Contrast this to potentially being left to rot on either version of 2021's NXT, and Fish looks like one of the shrewder moves Tony Khan could have made.