5 Biggest Winners & Losers From AEW In 2024
Who in AEW is walking out of 2024 having had a great year, and which ones were more of a bust?
Everyone has ups and downs throughout any given year, and that applies not just to the WWE roster, but to those in All Elite Wrestling as well. For every massive victory someone has, another person as to be the one to take the pin or move further down the totem pole.
AEW itself had its fair share of wins and losses as a company, and that trickled down toward some of its performers, as a result. It was far from a year of pure positives or negatives.
In some cases, wrestlers soared to new heights and became major fixtures of the company for what feels like years to come, really cementing their status as talent to watch by winning championships in the main event of major shows or taking a huge amount of the spotlight for themselves. Others fell by the wayside, downgraded, spent most of the year failing, and have almost nothing to show for the past 12 months but injuries, gimmick problems, or staring up at the lights more days than not.
Whether for better or worse, let's take a look at some of the biggest winners and losers AEW had to offer in 2024.
10. Winners: Jon Moxley and The Death Riders
In case of emergency, break glass and put the title on Jon Moxley. That's been the go-to action for AEW over the years, and he never fails.
When The Elite takeover storyline flopped and the biggest angle in the company just wasn't working out, AEW pivoted, turned Blackpool Combat Club heel, excommunicated Bryan Danielson, tossed PAC and Marina Shafir in the mix, and the Death Riders rebranding has worked significantly better.
Moxley in particular seems more dangerous than ever and has given the roster a centralized top villain to go after, which should also be a huge factor in 2025 when someone (likely Darby Allin) is able to overthrow his tyrannical reign and restore some stability to the company.
In the meantime, Moxley continues to ride the wave of being the only four time champion in AEW history—double the next-highest with CM Punk's two quick reigns—and has more than cemented himself as the franchise player of AEW.
Thankfully, he's also using that clout and aura to give a boost to someone like Wheeler Yuta, who is also coming into his own even more this year. PAC is more dangerous than ever, Shafir isn't a joke anymore, and Castagnoli holds down the fort.