Back in February when we started the 2024 rankings we only had 10 qualifying factions. Since then only about half remain in their original form. It's interesting to look back and compare: https://www.prowrestlingmusings.com/post/aew-factions-power-rankings-first-of-2024 Out of the Rankings Bang Bang Gang- Everyone's hurt! Feels wrong to leave them off but they haven't had the matches lately. The exception being Jay White who's having a pretty good solo run. 2025 Predictio

Ranking the AEW Factions.

Ranking the Factions of AEW.

Ranking the factions in AEW.

We are in one of those rare times this year where there isn't a recent AEW PPV to shake things up, but it is time to see where factions stand. Next month we'll be recapping things in the post All In/All Out landscape so consider this entry the calm before the late summer storm. On Hold Death Triangle- What a frustrating history it's been with Death Triangle. As a fan of all three members I was so excited when they formed a team. Their history has been filled with starts an

Being halfway through 2024, now feels like a good time to clean up the rankings a bit. There are groups that haven't been featured on AEW main programming in a while and it just doesn't make sense to me to include them in the rankings anymore. In order to rejoin the rankings, it's going to take more than a guest appearance. We're going to need a substantial program or chasing an AEW title to be back on the main list. It's doubtful that this happens for some of these teams

As of this article I'm tracking 17 groups (not including ROH). Looking over the list I wondered if maybe this is too many. One criticism of AEW is having a large roster and not enough TV time. The upside is that being a part of a group may increase visibility for talent that may not get featured otherwise. Killswitch hasn't had a match in months, but he does get to hang around with the Patriarchy and look menacing. Good work if one can find it. So bring on more factions

Dynasty proved that the biggest factor in a faction's overall ranking is the ability to win championships. This attainment score can soften a weak win % (strength), it can also alleviate poor cohesion amongst members. Without a title to their name, a faction can rarely be considered in the top five at any given time in AEW. Several factions have been inert in regards to appearances, ring time, and momentum. The consequence of having a historically stacked roster. Sometim

Checking in with the AEW factions in March 2024.

AEW's Revolution PPV was one for the history books as Sting wrapped up a legendary career, we got a new champion (for the AEW International), and Will Ospreay proved he may be the best signing that AEW has ever made. All were big moments but we're here to see how this plays into the factions of AEW and how they compare to each other. Out of Contention LFI- As of this writing, Preston Vance is the only member with matches this year. Rush should be back from injury soon but w

With the return of AEW's official rankings I wondered if this list would feel redundant or even necessary. There's a couple of things that set our system apart from AEW however. First, they rank trios not factions and there are a couple of key differences. A trios is limited to three while a faction can be many more. Secondly, a couple of the trios on AEW rankings really feel like limited partnerships and not long term groups. FTR and Daniel Garcia are fun, but will th

Dissolved Groups QTV: I was going to put this group last in the rankings, but with QT Marshall leaving by the end of the year and not even a smidge of recent TV time I'm putting this group down. Unless Johnny TV wants to take over the group and bring back Worldwide Underground (who else remembers?). On Hold Snake Army: Anything going on with Jake Roberts group? As soon as they formed Lance Archer went off on a tour of Japan and the Righteous haven't been featured on AEW TV.

For the majority of the year figuring out the rankings was a fairly simple formula. Titles (attainment) took the most importance, followed by a faction's win/loss record (strength). Any tie breakers or fine tuning came down to cohesion and purpose scores. That formula hasn't been working as well these past few weeks as certain factions with titles have poor strength scores (QTV) or factions with a good strength have a poor purpose score (Dark Order). Momentum has gained i

Ranking the factions of AEW following All Out 2023.

Looking at the factions of AEW.

Welcome to another edition of AEW Power Rankings: Men’s Singles Division! The most obvious programming note from the last one is that these are no longer decided numerically. It was a lot of math that I poorly planned as to how it would be reconsidered over the course of the year. Plus, with the phasing out of the Dark and Elevation programming there is a smaller number of wins to split across a month, so the data doesn’t have the same breadth. So these rankings incorporate w

It's a shame that Dark and Elevation are no more as both shows were valuable in building stats for workers and their factions. Replacing them will be the AEW House Rules shows that I'm trying to follow for win/loss records. I haven't been tracking the dark matches that have been taking place before Dynamite tapings. How Rankings are Determined: Strength: For the win-loss records this year I am tracking all win/losses on my own. For supplemental research I use cagematch.n

Ranking the factions of AEW.

We are now almost a quarter of the way through 2023, and the women's division in AEW has really started to take shape. The company finds itself with two dominant champions, an ongoing faction battle that looks set to be a priority for AEW when we get to Blood and Guts, and bubbling under all of this is the long-term story of Jamie Hayter and Dr Britt Baker DMD. Yes there are still issues within the division. The fact that there is only one women's match on Dynamite every week

Timeline: Matches that have AIRED between Jan. 1 2023 and March 10 2023 have been counted Power Ranking Scoring Wins 1 point per win +2 for TV win (Dynamite, Rampage, BotB) +3 for PPV pre-show win +4 for PPV win Tag Team and Trios wins/losses do not count. Handicap wins count if they are the singles wrestler. Gauntlet matches count each pinfall as an individual match. Mutli-wrestler matches like triple threats and battle royals count as a win for the winner but not as a loss