10 Wrestlers Who MUST Be Signed For All Elite Wrestling

7. Bandido

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Twitter, @LuchadorBandido

Bandido already has stock with a potential All Elite Wrestling audience thanks to his spellbinding display in the hurried and hectic ALL IN main event.

On that night, The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi took on a masked dream team of sorts as the youngster worked alongside industry icon Rey Mysterio and fellow flying fanatic Rey Fenix. The match lost 12 minutes due to the Marty Scurll/Kazuchika Okada match going long earlier in the night, but all six worked in double speed to try and get as much as they possibly could in before the pay-per-view disappeared off the air.

It was in this frenzied atmosphere than Bandido's star shone brightest of all. His moonsaults, backflipping backbreakers and rope-running exploits were utterly mesmerising, instantly vindicating The Young Bucks' pre-show praise for him and decision to place him in such a high-profile match on the card.

Though The Jacksons and Ibushi went over, it was Bandido that got over, leaving shell-shocked viewers just seconds to absorb what they'd seen before the entire crew disappeared from the screen. More is always more in wrestling even when it's not, and All Elite Wrestling should get as much of him as they possibly can.

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