AEW DEBUTS
TAG-TEAM MASHUPS
JOHN CENA NICKNAMES
ABSOLUTE CINEMA
SEPARATED AT BIRTH
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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
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The Miz & The Big Show
ShowMiz
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As this young, brash freestyle rapper with a fictitious degree, John belittled his opponents with his sharp rhymes.
Doctor of Thuganomics
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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
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The master of the Diamond Cutter & AEW's Anxious Millennial Cowboy
Dallas & Adam Page
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2021's "All Out" pay-per-view concluded with the double debut of these two wrestlers.
Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson
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Edge & Randy Orton
Rated RKO
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John secured a deal with Post Consumer Brands thanks to The Rock calling him this during their 2011 feud.
Fruity Pebbles
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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)
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The Phenomenal One & The Voice of ECW
AJ & Joey Styles
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At this event in 2020, fans had no idea that Sting would be making his surprise debut.
AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming
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Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow
Team Rhodes Scholars
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Give to Cena by fans for his superhero-like comebacks & for seemingly being unbeatable.
Super Cena
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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
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The Jamaican Sensation & The Mad King
Kofi & Eddie Kingston
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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
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The Acclaimed & Bullet Club Gold
Bang Bang Scissor Gang
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John's early career Ohio Valley Wrestling nickname, a "Perfect Human Machine."
The Prototype
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Toni Storm got the "Hollywood Ending" she desired by defeating this former protege at AEW Revolution 2025.
Mariah May
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His Lordship & HIM
Lord Alfred & Carmelo Hayes
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The live crowd in this New Jersey city "Basked in the Glory" of Keith Lee's debut in 2022.
Atlantic City
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Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne
Air Boom
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JBL affectionately referred to Cena as this to denote his ability to deliver in the most important moments.
Big Match John
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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 Far East promotion.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
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The Queen of Wrestling & The Gigolo
Sara & Jimmy Del Ray
