5 Biggest Winners & Losers From AEW In 2025
Who in AEW is walking out of 2025 having had a great year, and which ones were more of a bust?
Over the course of 2025 in All Elite Wrestling, a handful of wrestlers separated themselves from the pack, both for better and for worse.
In some cases, they proved why they're in the company that boasts it's "where the best wrestle" by scoring big wins, collecting championship gold, and building on their legacy. Those among the top tier really shined, took the company to some great new heights, and deserve a lot of praise for keeping the ship sailing throughout the year, likely rolling into 2026 as some of the top names to look out for to continue building on that momentum.
Unfortunately, there were also talent who did the complete opposite, falling short of expectations, putting on bad performances, having a losing record, or suffering some other setbacks. Injuries, bankruptcy, a lack of relevance, losing their mystique and just flat out not being able to win a match plagued some members of the roster.
Let's spotlight five examples of both the highest highs and the lowest lows by breaking down the biggest winners and losers from AEW throughout 2025.
10. Loser: Jeff Jarrett
At the very beginning of 2025, Jeff Jarrett made an announcement regarding his future at AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen. He stated that he was re-signing with All Elite Wrestling and would go on one last run, aiming to win the AEW World Championship in the process.
A single win on Collision over the company's resident jobber, Aaron Solo, was all he managed to actually accomplish, losing a Casino Gauntlet match and a match against Claudio Castagnoli before no longer wrestling at all the entire rest of the year.
To say you're going for the top prize in the company, only to be pushed completely out of the title hunt less than a month later and do nothing but Zero Hour and Saturday Tailgate Brawl pre-show panel analysis for the next eleven months is as much of a failure as one can get.
If this were done due to injuries, that one be one thing, but Jarrett has wrestled four other times this year for other promotions, meaning AEW just quickly decided not to do that storyline, even with the retirement angle.
Is this just the end for The Last Outlaw?