Debuts: Solo Sikoa (#64) and El Hijo del Vikingo (#65) – huge rising stars, hat tip to Cletus.
Other all-time highs: Jey Uso (#38, up from #60 in Pun’s 21); Goldust (#43, up from #78 last year); Tito Santana (#53, up from #62 in Pun’s 20); Rhea Ripley (#62, up from #66 in Pun’s 20). Interesting that the prior highs for Goldust and Tito were so recent.
Tied for all-time low: Samoa Joe (also #34 in Pun’s ’20) – think he’d be higher if not for continued late-late-career exposure.
Guaranteed all-time lows: No others yet, and in fact, there are only four wrestlers left with all-time lows above 100.
James Storm was going to be an option here but that's gone. And then I was going to go another direction here and this might be too soon, but I think she's the best of the "homegrown" women in AEW so I want to grab her as the run continues...
Post by Cliffsnotes on Apr 10, 2023 18:20:12 GMT -5
I wanted Regal as my “Commissioner”. Ah well.
I didn’t have this guy on my draft board. But I think this is great value for him, and I can fit him into my theme. So I was trying to trade up to secure both Regal and…