Every AEW Stable Ranked From Worst To Best
AEW Dynamite's new main event heel force is awesome, but which faction is truly at the Pinnacle?
There are too many stables in AEW and it is frightening and confusing.
Why?
Why doesn't one wrestler wrestle another wrestler for three matches with the last match being a gimmick match? That is how you know they really hate each other. The fact that it happens for a long time automatically qualifies it as great, long-term storytelling. Clue's in the name lol.
But in AEW, the friends of the wrestlers who are wrestling other wrestlers often tag alongside them, beat their enemies down, or save them from harm. It's dumb cry-laugh emoji. AEW fans seem to get really hyped the week before a pay-per-view because the wrestlers who haven't wrestled in a singles match are finally going to wrestle but that's because they're biased smarks lmao.
There are so many AEW wrestlers on Dynamite. That's dumb. It is hard to count numbers past 10. Maths is for neckbeard nerds anyway, and not the ripped square-jawed hunks too humble and nice to make other people feel bad, so they do the honourable thing and set pictures of the Fiend as their Twitter avi.
There are too many stables and it's stupid when the AEW wrestlers slap each other's hands too. Why is there a rope in the ring? It's not gymnastics lol. Smarks.
Anyway, here are the mainline Dynamite gangs ranked from worst to best.
11. The Hardy Family Office
Matt Hardy's genre expertise masterclass with Darby Allin did wonders for his stock.
Solid for the midcard when the 'upper' prefix is nowhere near it - looking at the sheer volume and level of talent within AEW's roster, has Hardy otherwise really earned the considerable time he has eaten across the last three pay-per-views? - the Hardy Family Office is a functional enough storyline driver.
Big Money Matt is a far better fit for AEW than the tiresome 'BROKEN' shtick that, beyond the levity of Stadium Stampede, didn't even belong to the promotion that boasts range as its selling point.
The actual make-up of the stable is quietly astute.
Hardy is the embittered carny, and he leads two tag teams in Private Party and the Butcher and the Blade. Private Party looked up to Hardy as an idol figure, and were corrupted by his influence after losing steam throughout 2020. This was thoroughly logical justification for the heel turn. The Butcher and the Blade meanwhile started out as mercenaries, paid by MJF to take out Cody, and it makes just as much sense for the underrated duo to follow the money now.
And if the interference can resonate with a repetitive for-the-sake-of-it vibe, the excellent Hardy Vs. Darby Allin main event arranged the chaos brilliantly.