10 Ways AEW Is Nothing Like TNA
3. AEW's Best Are The Industry's Best
AEW's roster is packed full with the best that the pro wrestling world has to offer, from the top to the very bottom. Chris Jericho may not be AEW Champion anymore but Le Champion can make a great argument for being the best all-round performer of the last 30 years, while Kenny Omega has long been one of the best bell-to-bell wrestlers in the game. Jon Moxley is developing into a more dangerous, more charismatic version of Stone Cold Steve Austin, the entire tag team division is absolutely stacked, and Orange Cassidy is a walking advert for working smart, not working hard. You can levy all sorts of complaints at AEW, but the quality of its wrestlers is absolutely undeniable.
When TNA came into existence back in 2002, it had to do so with a liquorice all-sorts of hungry young competitors and over-the-hill veterans that were cashing as many cheques as their bodies could handle. In 2002, the best wrestlers in the English language world were in WWE, and if they weren't there then they were putting their feet up at home. Even the young talents like AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels were years away from even hinting at their prime.
AEW has a far more talented roster than TNA ever had, something that was the case from before the very first episode of Dynamite. TNA was picking up pieces wherever it could along the way, while AEW has the pick of the non-WWE wrestling world. The availability and abundance of talent can't really be compared.