Ups & Downs For Every AEW Roster Member
8. FTR
Up
The long-awaited Full Gear dream match with The Young Bucks was overwhelmingly well-received despite the middling build. Cash Wheeler's failed 450 Splash should go down as one of the year's best finishes (and story points), as FTR's decision to match the Bucks at their own game backfired spectacularly.
Down
FTR delivered a lifeless, mechanical performance against Kenny Omega and Hangman Page, working with minimal fire, heat, or nastiness.
7. 'Hangman' Adam Page
Up
Rebounding from the disappointment of his Chris Jericho program and reinventing himself as a hard-drinking man of the people, getting over huge in the process.
Down
No other AEW wrestler has suffered more from the lack of live crowds, with the Anxious Millennial Cowboy shtick resonating poorly in empty buildings, making Page look like a mope.
6. The Young Bucks
Up
It wasn't the best tag team match in wrestling history (not when this exists), but in successfully melding classic pro-wrestling drama and storytelling with state-of-the-art work, The Young Bucks, Hangman Page, and Kenny Omega delivered a Revolution match that will be talked about and referenced forever.
Down
Paper-thin heel teases during the FTR build. It felt like Superkicking Alex Marvez and smashing Tony Schiavone's phone were confused for character traits.
5. MJF
Up
The best heel of his kind in American wrestling, bar none. MJF's AEW run has been full of stunning highs, though 10 Lashes was amongst the most gutwrenching and moving things a televised promotion has ever put together.
Down
MJF was excellent in it, though the Cody Rhodes match at Revolution was brought down a notch by its excessive bells and whistles.