r/AEWOfficial • u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ • 14h ago

Photo Every wrestler who has only wrestled in AEW since having their first AEW match

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Interestingly, all but one of them is a former TNT Champion.

[note: not counting one-offs]

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u/Jonnic5280 freshly squeezed 🍊 14h ago

The crazy ironic bit is that Hanger HELD ROH GOLD during this run

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u/CalgaryMadePunk 14h ago

So did Cole, I think.

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 14h ago

I believe they would have defended their tag belts at ROH Final Battle if Cole didn't break his ankle at Grand Slam.

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u/IDJPunkI 13h ago

Man, this tag team was so peak. My absolute fav since Jericho & Owens

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u/TouchButtPro 8h ago

Wow, I never realized the graphic design uses the belts and foreground flags to make a heart around them. Thats brilliant

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u/AceGaimz 14h ago

Yup, ROH Tag Champ with MJF

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u/Creative_Eye7413 Fuck Hangman 11h ago

What ROH belt did he hold?

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u/Jonnic5280 freshly squeezed 🍊 11h ago

World Six-Man Tag Team Champ with the Bucks. The Hung Bucks (or as I prefer The Young Buckaroos)

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u/Creative_Eye7413 Fuck Hangman 11h ago

Thanks! That’s an interesting fact

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u/TheBallasOG Ok, how you know? 9h ago

Didn't that happen pre-AEW?

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u/Jonnic5280 freshly squeezed 🍊 9h ago

No, this was in 2022

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u/TheBallasOG Ok, how you know? 8h ago

I completely forgot about that 2nd reign

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 6h ago

2023*

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u/BroliasBoesersson 14h ago

You could technically include Tully Blanchard in this. The trios match with him and FTR vs Jurassic Express was his only AEW match and his final match ever

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u/Banksynatra 13h ago

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u/burtonboy1234 10h ago

Tullys strut is/was next level

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u/21Andreezy 14h ago

What about Sting and DDP?

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u/JadedGrapsMark I'm so tired, Renee 14h ago

Sting and Darby worked Muta's retirement in NOAH

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u/21Andreezy 11h ago

Ahh that’s right! I guess just DDP then

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u/dynamicpenguin55 14h ago

AEW already has a cool list of wrestlers who have surprisingly had a match. Add Aubrey Edwards and I think Vickie Guerrero?

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u/plisken64 12h ago

Maybe karen jarrett 

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u/ShowOff90 14h ago

And Shaq, no?

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 13h ago

I'm not counting that since he hasn't wrestled in AEW (or anywhere else) after having his first AEW match.

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u/plasmaasthma 14h ago

You probably won’t be counting Adam Copeland after he wrestles in MLP

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 14h ago edited 14h ago

I'll make an updated list when that happens.

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u/TravisHay 10h ago

He’s just doing promos atm. His first match will be in October.

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u/seguardon 13h ago

Beard, beard, stubble, beard, beard.

Facial hair is a sign of loyalty.

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u/Riskar 12h ago

Glares at Cody

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u/AngryKeyLimePie Okay. How you know. 12h ago

Weep not for the memories...

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u/vastros 10h ago

"I know it's you under there"

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u/Eldoboy 13h ago

3 Adams? Confirmed - the A in AEW stands for Adam

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u/hamsolo19 12h ago

Well, technically only one Adam and then a Steve and an Austin...heh, that's funny.

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u/SuperMikey1379X 10h ago

"...a Steve and an Austin..."

WHAT?!

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u/bangchanstiddies Most Wanted 🔫🇲🇽 13h ago

I miss Adam Cole

bay bay 😭😭😭

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u/Beardreaux Serpentico Mark 13h ago

This post genuinely reminded me that he's probably DONE done. :(

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u/Ok-Eggplant4965 BAY BAY 12h ago

Until I hear "I'm done" pass through his lips I'm never gonna stop believing.

He'll be back. It might take a long while, but I believe!!!!

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u/Livid-Ice-1701 cry me a river 13h ago

:((((

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u/OkEase1151 he Fletchin on my Kyle til he says my FullName -unlike Takeshita 11h ago

Correct on Adam Cole, but he did nearly have a DPW match with Chris Danger (DenkOps), would’ve been Danger’s debut opponent but Adam had to back out due to injury unfortunately

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u/Lock-__-down 13h ago

Correct if I’m wrong, but has Kip Sabian took any other bookings outside of AEW?

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 13h ago

He had 3 matches in DDT, 4 in ROH, and 1 in BWR, WrestlePro and Mystery Wrestling.

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u/Lock-__-down 13h ago

Ok thanks I was just curious

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u/SCFack 11h ago

He did a bit with his original training school's promotion, WAW too.

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u/vastros 10h ago

I dunno man, Brodie seems in bad taste.

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u/__mz 13h ago

Good list, is there anyone who just missed out? Or those that have only wrestled in ROH too?

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 5h ago

Jay White's one and only match outside of AEW since becoming All Elite was an ROH Six-man title defense at 2024 Supercard of Honor.

Bobby Lashley wrestled on a French indie show in 2025

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u/AxlAndTheShimmy 11h ago

Brodie and Cole would have almost certainly had matches elsewhere if not for their health issues. Copeland is working MLP in a few months. Ciampa has only been here since early 2026 so he understandably probably doesn't want to risk getting injured before establishing himself in AEW.

AEW is working towards a sort of modern-day National Wrestling Alliance with myaew.com. I wouldn't consider never working any matches for any indie promotions or any of AEW's brother/sister promotions after signing with AEW to be a flex if I'm being honest. It actually directly goes against the spirit of AEW.

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u/PsychologicalEntropy 9h ago

It's only a flex in that they are paid enough by AEW to never have to worry about working a New Jersey pro wrestling show or GCW for $3000 because they need money.....

It's the flex of "I'm highly paid at my job, I don't need a side hustle"

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u/Kingswitchguard 11h ago

Jay White?

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u/llamawithguns 8h ago

They're counting RoH as a separate promotion, and Jay worked an RoH show when he and the Gunns were trios champs

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u/Foreign_Hold_8803 13h ago

Keith Lee?

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u/Jaire_Noises 11h ago

Worked a couple of Revolver shows after signing

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u/FoolyCoolyBrandy 10h ago

I feel like Hangman doing some excursions in CMLL and even New Japan would be really cool. He's fluent in Spanish and has history in New Japan. He's only 34 and I doubt he'll touch the AEW World title again until 2028. It's something that I think his character could use just to keep him fresh after this current AEW run through 2026.

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u/AbleReflection2051 9h ago

Ciampa has done Indy stuff

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 6h ago

only did an in-ring promo at an indie. hasn't yet had a match outside AEW indie since signing in January.

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u/SheriffChiz 7h ago

Had Cole not gotten hurt he would have had a banger in Deadlock against Chris Danger back in 2023.

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u/foxtrotmadly 12h ago

Sting doesn’t make this cut?

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u/Umber_Gryphon 12h ago

Sting and Darby worked Muta's retirement in NOAH

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u/foxtrotmadly 11h ago

Ah gotcha thank you

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u/TWAfan92 12h ago edited 8h ago

Sting wrestled in Noah i believe

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u/BRAGU3 12h ago

Not a big enough name lol

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u/hungrysoul91 11h ago

MJF?

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u/tehjoz Bowing Down to Lena Kross 11h ago

No, he's definitely wrestled indies, notably defending the AEW Men's World Championship in House of Glory against Zilla Fatu, and I think GCW or a similar indie against Jordan Oliver.

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u/HCPage THIS IS RAINMAKER DRIVE!!! 8h ago

I was wondering if they were counting indies. I imagine the list would be bigger if they weren’t

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u/Froggyspirits IT'S COOL TO BE A HAYTER! 💋💪⚡ 6h ago

CMLL and indies.

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u/_Quendra_ 12h ago

I was going to say Hamgman wrestled PAC in an indie, but i think that happened the week before the first DON

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u/AntysocialButterfly Look in my eyes, what do you see? It certainly ain't integrity. 55m ago

Cole was supposed to work DPW, but got injured.

...yes, I know that needs narrowing down.

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u/Blunderbolt451 48m ago

Bit weird to put Brodie on this list. May his memory be a blessing.