10 Times AEW Took Advantage Of WWE Ignoring The Fans
7. Serena Deeb
Serena Deeb has supplied enough objective evidence in 2021 alone that she's one of the best wrestlers in the world.
In WWE, she was a coach.
To watch her work is to at least understand what she could offer to WWE's Performance Center classes, but how on earth did so many people think that's all she could be used for?!
It speaks to institutional misogyny and ageism that she was kept off television following a Mae Young Classic cameo, but AEW were quick to spot her obvious benefits via a sideways entrance into the company as a representative of the NWA. A slew of bangers followed, only diverted by an injury that didn't remotely slow her down.
Blowing the first proper crowd of the year away against Riho in the Double Or Nothing 2021 Buy-In, she then entered into a feud with Hikaru Shida that's already yielded two of the former Women's Champion's best matches in the company. Eventual title reigns feel inevitable, as does the growth of the division at large with her in charge.