8 Wrestlers That Visibly Hated Working For AEW

4. Miro

What happened to Miro?

The man joyfully hopped onto Twitch, after making his AEW debut, and beamed about the experience wearing the expression of a teenager who had just made prolonged eye contact with his crush. Which in Miro’s case is WWE.

He raved about the matches, the backstage culture, the calibre of a roster he was thrilled to be mixing it up with. After a less-than-stellar run as a videogame enthusiast, he underwent an incredible evolution. He became the Redeemer: an unhinged man who believed he was a violent instrument of God’s will. The act was sensational: Miro’s screenwriter-tier promo prowess and monstrous in-ring performances were a highlight of 2021. This was some feat, since he faced an absurd level of competition across AEW’s critical and commercial peak.

What happened after that?

Each story is disputed by each side - this always happens - so the only inconclusive point that can be drawn is that Miro felt he should have progressed to the main event, Tony Khan disagreed, and an impasse was reached. It was reported that Miro noped doing jobs. Miro refuted this narrative. The impasse continued - until Miro popped back up on Collision. Periodically.

It was a different Miro. As the Redeemer, he was stoic, resolute in his mission to break all before him to appease both his God and his hot, flexible wife.

By 2023, he just cut a dour, sullen figure lacking in enthusiasm. Those killer soundbites were absent from his diminished return promos. From both sides, this last run felt like a halfhearted effort to make it work.