Ups & Downs For Every AEW Roster Member
4. Kenny Omega
Up
The Revolution tag is an easy pick here, but let's go with Omega's current character transformation as he slowly reverts to his old 'Cleaner' self, shredding those outdated takes on his inability to cut it as a top-level television wrestler.
Down
Occasionally failing to balance the subtle nuances in his work and accessibility, leading to even informed wrestling fans and critics misinterpreting his character's finer points. This is so, so minor, though.
3. Cody Rhodes
Up
Becoming the most compelling weekly television wrestler in the world through his first run with the TNT Championship, elevating every single opponent he stepped in the ring with, from the debuting Ricky Starks and Eddie Kingston to the established Marq Quen and Jungle Boy.
Down
An intermittent tendency to pepper his biggest matches with one dash of smoke and mirrors too much. This is never ruinous, though it hindered bouts with MJF and Lance Archer.
2. Jon Moxley
Up
Embarking on the kind of run every frustrated wrestler dreams of having upon leaving WWE, proving his old employers woefully wrong as a World Champion who is simultaneously cool, bad*ss, funny, believable, and a huge positive influence on television numbers. Moxley has left those who booked him like a rodeo clown looking like idiots.
Down
Again, the Jake Hager match.
1. Chris Jericho
Up
Jericho's World Title run was absolutely vital in not only establishing the belt and making it feel like the most worthy prize in the sport, but establishing the company as a whole. 'Le Champion' reinvented himself with one of the most compelling characters of his 30-year career.
Down
Post-World Title run, Jericho has occasionally been too goofy for his own good, with things like Le Dinner Debonair and Mimosa Mayhem falling short.