AEW DEBUTS
After stepping away from the business for seven years, this wrestler made his debut on "AEW Rampage: The First Dance" in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.
CM Punk
The Miz & The Big Show
ShowMiz
As this young, brash freestyle rapper with a fictitious degree, John belittled his opponents with his sharp rhymes.
Doctor of Thuganomics
Seeing this "Internet Darling" battle The Authority on his way to winning the World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of Wrestlemania 30 was an underdog story for the ages.
Daniel Bryan
The master of the Diamond Cutter & AEW's Anxious Millennial Cowboy
Dallas & Adam Page
2021's "All Out" pay-per-view concluded with the double debut of these two wrestlers.
Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson
Edge & Randy Orton
Rated RKO
John secured a deal with Post Consumer Brands thanks to The Rock calling him this during their 2011 feud.
Fruity Pebbles
The saga of The Bloodline has dominated WWE programming for the past 5 years, beginning when this tag team officially crowned Roman Reigns as Tribal Chief of the Samoan Dynasty at Hell in the Cell 2020.
The Wild Samoans
(Afa & Sika)
The Phenomenal One & The Voice of ECW
AJ & Joey Styles
At this event in 2020, fans had no idea that Sting would be making his surprise debut.
AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming
Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow
Team Rhodes Scholars
Give to Cena by fans for his superhero-like comebacks & for seemingly being unbeatable.
Super Cena
Things got real personal in the extreme storyline between Raven & Tommy Dreamer that saw these two former "childhood friends" fighting over this female's affection.
Beulah McGillicutty
The Jamaican Sensation & The Mad King
Kofi & Eddie Kingston
One of AEW's biggest debuts was Jon Moxley, aka Dean Ambrose, at Double or Nothing 2019, when he threw Kenny Omega off of this.
Poker Chip
The Acclaimed & Bullet Club Gold
Bang Bang Scissor Gang
John's early career Ohio Valley Wrestling nickname, a "Perfect Human Machine."
The Prototype
Toni Storm got the "Hollywood Ending" she desired by defeating this former protege at AEW Revolution 2025.
Mariah May
His Lordship & HIM
Lord Alfred & Carmelo Hayes
The live crowd in this New Jersey city "Basked in the Glory" of Keith Lee's debut in 2022.
Atlantic City
Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne
Air Boom
The internet anointed John this for his countless memes & viral GIFs
The Meme Lord
The New World Order helped kickstart the late 1990s wrestling boom in the United States, however, the idea of the nWo actually came from an angle that first occurred in this Japanese promotion.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
The Queen of Wrestling & The Gigolo
Sara & Jimmy Del Ray