If you don't know what this entails, it's pretty simple: all the options of the particular subject are up for placement on a set of different tiers ranging from S at the top to A, B, C, D, F and even lower, if need be. Everything is based on my personal preference and I invite you to do the same and chime in with your ranked lists in the comments below.
For this first edition, I figured I'd start with something I'm asked about here and there, which is how I view the All Elite Wrestling roster. Who do I think are the best, the ones without much value to their names and so on?
I have a WWE Depth Chart of what I think WWE's point of view of its own roster is, but I haven't ever bothered to do one of my own personal preferences. I may do that in the future for another one of these. With regards to AEW, though, things are different. Since I don't have an AEW Depth Chart (at least, not yet...we'll see if I will bother to make one of those in the future — donate to the Patreon if you do want it!), the least I can do is give you my hierarchy.
This got me thinking: How would I actually rank these wrestlers? I know who I like, but it's different when you start putting them in list form and you can compare. Also, it's not the same as having Main Event and Midcard and such, because this isn't a kayfabe list. It's just a ranking of who I like better, based entirely on my own tastes.
Without further ado, ramble ramble ramble, I present to you my rankings based on my tier concept:
NOTE: If you see an asterisk * by someone's name, it means they're almost at the level above them, but not quite yet.
AS OF 3/3/2020:
1. TOP TALENT
Chris Jericho
Cody Rhodes
Jon Moxley
Kenny Omega
Maxwell Jacob Friedman / MJF
PAC
The Young Bucks
2. B+ PLAYERS (Very good but not the best)
Darby Allin
Hangman Adam Page
Jake Hager
Luchasaurus
* Orange Cassidy
* Sammy Guevara
* Scorpio Sky
Shawn Spears
3. GOOD HANDS (good but not great)
Allie / The Bunny
* Awesome Kong
Bea Priestley
Big Swole
Christopher Daniels
Dustin Rhodes
Frankie Kazarian
Hikaru Shida
Jungle Boy
Kris Statlander
The Lucha Bros
Ortiz and Santana
Penelope Ford
* Trent?
4. AVERAGE
Britt Baker
Jimmy Havoc
Kip Sabian
Nyla Rose
Private Party
Riho
Sadie Gibbs
5. DISAPPOINTING
Brandi Rhodes
Joey Janela
Leva Bates
Peter Avalon
Sonny Kiss
6. NOTHING SPECIAL
Angelico
Brandon Cutler
The Butcher and The Blade
Chuck Taylor
CIMA
Emi Sakura
Jack Evans
Michael Nakazawa
Shanna
Yuka Sakazaki
7. I'D RELEASE THEM
Alex Reynolds
Evil Uno
John Silver
Marko Stunt
QT Marshall
Stu Grayson
** NO IDEA YET **
Anthony Ogogo
Wardlow
I'm sure you disagree about a handful of those names, if not all. Go ahead and tell me what your opinions are about all these wrestlers in the comments and we'll keep the discussion going!
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