10 Wrestlers AEW Plucked From Complete Obscurity
4. Leyla Hirsch
North American obscurity.
Leyla Hirsch had already left her mark on Stardom in Japan and wXw in Germany courtesy of a long stretch training in the CZW dojo, which perhaps explains how seasoned she looks in matches despite not yet hitting five years in wrestling total.
The 'Legit' current AEW star smartly used an awesome double springboard moonsault miss as a core reason for some of her toughest defeats as a babyface, obscuring the high risk move with a shooter aesthetic that will likely have its focus sharpened as a heel.
Her mean streak has already shown itself in a feud with Kris Statlander. She's pivoted from spirited underdog to angry underachiever, drawing yet more calls that she should join Team Taz and tear up the women's division waving the orange and black flag. As AEW's female division increases in quality and quantity, Hirsch will no longer be in a jobber-to-the-stars spot, but will be the one laying down the losers.