Every AEW Wrestler Ranked From Worst To Best - After One Year
75. Mel
Being attached to the disastrous Nightmare Collective project did Mel no favours, though she looked out of her depth in limited in-ring outings for AEW. Not even Hikaru Shida, the women's division vanguard since day one, could guide Mel towards something respectable.
The Collective's dissolution saw Mel vanish into the aether. She hasn't wrestled since January and may well have jettisoned for now, though she is still listed as a roster member on AEW's website. Regardless, there's nothing to suggest his tall, awkward, lumbering powerhouse would bolster her division.
74. Luther
Another Nightmare Collective castoff, 'The Original Death Dealer' scored a full-time AEW contract earlier this year. He has been a steady presence on Dark, even since the stable split, and recently indulged in a rivalry with Jimmy Havoc, who defeated the supposed "Japanese deathmatch legend" to put that to rest a few weeks ago.
Luther looks and wrestles like a man out of time. The gimmick is silly and every one of his 51 years show whenever he steps through the ropes, though the Havoc bout demonstrates he's at least capable of a semi-decent plunder brawl. It's hard to imagine a scenario in which he becomes more than a Dark oddity.
73. Leva Bates
Leva Bates isn't a terrible entertainer though there have been times when she has looked in over her head even with the 'Librarian' jobber shtick, particularly when she's asked to wrestle. The former Blue Pants' chops are almost non-existent.
Having her around as an enhancement talent should work, though Bates has even looked unwieldy when taking a beating. The gimmick is okay for her card position, she gives Peter Avalon somebody to bounce off of. Leva is never going to be a strongly pushed talent anyway, though the performances haven't been good.