@@AAAHH As far as prestige and accolades go, its not debatable. If you are looking at singles recognition in a vaccuum then I'll bring up the US Championship. Honestly, its tiring the amount of "un(der)appreciated" wrestlers just because they never won the big one.
@@tiptoptoe2968 for real, kids these days think everyone needs to win the "big one" they forget that wrestlers are just characters and titles are just an extension of their character. For example it is just stupid and weird to put the title on the fiend bray wyatt.
Punk made all other debuts pale in comparison but on a talent end getting Claudio and Danielson was the icing on the cake, but like punk they will be wasted
One of the greatest tragedies of AEW's history (aside from the obvious REAL tragedies like the death of Brodie Lee, obviously) was the fact that they weren't able to debut Sting in front of a full arena. Could you imagine the sound if he'd made his return both from retirement for the first time in 6 years and to TNT for the first time in almost _20_ years in front of a packed house? It would have blown the roof off. The 1000 or so people they managed to get in there at the time did their best, but it really was one of the most shocking moments in AEW's history. Also, honestly I would have dropped Buddy Matthews from the list while keeping Keith Lee on (all respect to Buddy, he's great, but we kind of all knew he was coming) in favour of fitting William Regal in here somewhere. I know he's not an active wrestler, but his debut at Revolution was AMAZING.
Agreed, Noone thought anyone would debut after the first PPV and having him against Jericho is exactly what AEW needed, Not alot of people remember but they were each others last Feud in WWE too, the last year or so in WWE Dean/Moxley didn't do anything but Shield stuff and help Roman and Seth with their feuds and Jericho just disappeared, he was there on Raw and then poof, just gone.
After all this time, I *STILL* get chills every single time I see that CM Punk return & debut. Simply done, but *MASTERFULLY* executed. Top 10 greatest moments in wrestling history, period. Greatest return of all time.
@@MrML4L Nah I think Punk is one the best of to ever do it, the problem is he's... well a PUNK and no matter how good you are if noone can stand you personally they don't want to work with you.
I respect and the love hell out of sting. Let's be real , who doesn't? It's STING . IT'S THE STINGER. Dude's a legend in this business. My point is his appearances should be made more special and few and not on every week's free television. I get it stinger's there every week to help put Darby over and he's been very successful. But I really think he should make only ppv appearances . His age doesn't favor him for weekly tv either.
@@Stratta2003 wasn’t spoiled nothing was confirmed until punk showed up Tony could’ve completely swerved us and it would’ve been talked abt forever even if punk still signed but later down the line
The Sing one, It’s been repeated about 5 times through all the various wrestling promotions all over. The CM Punk one is different as he was done with wrestling for so long.
Punk’s debute was huge, but in fairness it was in Chicago 😅 Sting had me sitting there in awe. Jeff took me back to my childhood. Danielson and Cole in the same night had me near enough convulsing on the floor. I can’t help but think Edge would be top 3 for sure
Mox will always be the #1 for me. Time in the business where no one knew wtf was going on, and with the odd way WWE handled his release, his debut was a true surprise and they didnt need to do it in his home town to get a crazy reaction
I know people trash talk AEW because they make it their hobby to talk about WWE, but we can definitely see that AEW is doing something right when it gets so many talents to switch. And it's not only money.
I'd put Mox as Number two because when he debuted he kinda put AEW on the Map for many fans that didn't know it before,but Number 1 hands down to CM Punk
Sting should've been top 2. They needed ratings during the shutdowns. If it was done with a full arena it would easily make the top 2. Still the best debut in my opinion.
Unpopular opinion: Jeff Hardy is not the greatest debut in AEW. The guy got fired from WWE because he voluntarily left one event. And then he did not show up once again. WWE tried to get help for him, but he turned that down on his own terms. I feel like AEW should have handled this hiring properly, first get the guy some help. And then offer him the position. I’m sure Jeff has his own demons, but he reaaaaally needs the help. So no, not the greatest debut.
The debut itself (crowd reaction etc.) was pretty good, but the signing was a mistake. I like Jeff but he should become sober before entering a ring again.
My List : Top 10 1) CM Punk 2) Bryan Danielson 3) Jon Moxley 4) Samoa Joe 5) Sting 6) Jeff Hardy 7) Cesaro 8) Adam Cole 9) Malakai Black 10) Christian Cage
