Looking at the factions of AEW after the fallout of Revolution!

Here we go again eh? The Stardom Power Rankings are back meaning we will be giving you a monthly rundown of the movers, shakers and butt-kickers in Stardom in 2023. These rankings are based on my always correct opinion, but also the incredibly exciting statistics for the year which you can find at https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ap6qdh-YeTPumx-23sngMEE8v4ll The opening month of the year has been a slightly odd one in Stardom with the Triangle Derby taking centre stage. This means there h

Ranking the Factions within AEW.

AEW changed up its look recently, and it seems that there’s also been a subtle change to the company’s philosophy for putting Dynamite and Rampage together. 2023 has so far seen fewer wrestlers get time to speak. On average, the wrestlers that have been given promo time have been the company’s better actors. Has this resulted in a better product? You tell me. I’m just here to rate the acting, baby. What follows are acting rankings for All Elite Wrestling. I rewatched the last

Power rankings of the AEW Factions, including the best faction of 2022!

This week’s post-festivities AEW Power Rankings cover the women’s division. After one of the best matches the division has ever seen between Hikaru Shida and Jamie Hayter, where do the various competitors stand in our rankings? Just a reminder that these are kayfabe power rankings based on wins, losses, titles and the like, so please don’t shout and scream if someone you rate very highly isn’t on this list. 1. Jamie Hayter – AEW Women’s World Champion She’s the AEW Women’s Wo

This week's AEW Power Rankings will look at both the Tag and Trios Divisions together. This is an 'in Kayfabe' look at the division. Meaning we look at the fictional world of AEW and the landscape they are currently presenting on screen. Below you will find a Top 10 for the division(s) based on Championships, Wins and Losses and positioning on the card. 1. Death Triangle (PAC, Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix) w/Alex Abrahentes - AEW World Trios Champions This was an easy deci

Acting is hard. Professional actors — that is, people for whom their entire job is pretending — often do not pretend entirely convincingly. In Gangs of New York, Daniel Day Lewis outacts DiCaprio who outacts Cameron Diaz, and the whole thing suffers for it, and all three of these people are hugely successful, top-of-their-game-type actors. But there are levels. So too in pro wrestling, where the actors are not only pretending to be wrestlers but also pretending to have wrestl

Hello and welcome to this week's AEW Power Rankings looking at the Men's Singles Division. This is an in Kayfabe look at the division. Meaning we look at the fictional world of AEW and the landscape they are currently presenting on screen. Below you will find a Top 10 for the division based on Championships, Wins and Losses and positioning on the card. 1. MJF It's the obvious thing to do when evaluating the AEW landscape, putting the World Champion at number one. However, the

Ranking the factions of AEW after Full Gear 2022.

The 2022 Stardom Five Star Grand Prix was magnificent. Absolutely magnificent. For over two months the promotion put on quality match after quality match and delivered fascinating intrigue as the competition reached its dramatic climax. There were moments of comedy, moments of bone-crunching violence and surprises a plenty, and that was only in the first few nights. People will argue about who put on the greatest selection of matches throughout the tournament but the fact tha

Power rankings for AEW's factions.

Ranking the most dominant factions within All Elite Wrestling.

What a summer of developments we've had! Recruitments, betrayals, inter-company mega-shows, corporate synergy cross overs! Let's get right to it. Groups out of Contention Team Taz: This one is a disappointment as Team Taz was a personal favorite. I thought that with the announcement that the AEW Trios Championship was on the way that Team Taz would surely be a contender. Ricky Starks lost the FTW belt to Hook and while this is a loss for Starks, it's fine for Team Taz sin

June 2022 felt like a real shift in direction for Stardom. It featured stipulation matches, the announcement of two new 'brands' and talk of a potential partnership with AEW. Whilst all that jiggery-pokery was going on behind the scenes however the real business of winning wrestling matches has continued at pace, culminating in the Stardom MidSummer Champions - Kings of MidSummer PPV on 9th July and the build up to the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix. So who has come out of that PP

The last six weeks have been a really interesting time period for AEW's Women's Division;- with talk of frustrations over screen time, the return of a number of the Joshi wrestlers for the Owen Hart Cup, issues between the originals versus the newer arrivals, an appearance by TJPW's ace on 'Dark: Elevation' and a tournament which delivered to a similar (or arguably higher) in-ring standard compared to the accompanying men's bracket but still had a predictable winner. How hav

It might be a bit harsh to say, but May was a bit of an underwhelming month for Stardom. Yes there were some interesting matches and some unfamiliar faces, but it didn't necessarily feel particularly important. That's my excuse for why these Power Rankings are so late and I'm sticking to it! A quick reminder that these rankings are based on the stats I've collected up to the 28th May Stardom Flashing Champions PPV (available in full at Stardom 2022.xlsx) and my general percep

Ranking the Factions of AEW in June 2022

After a couple of months sabbatical, we're back as part of the new and improved AEW Power Rankings and in that time, the men's division of AEW has seen some interesting things happen. Some new faces have turned up and some AEW wrestlers have been on a roll. So lets look at the who has been the most elite in the last two months in All Elite Wrestling. #1- Hangman Page (Non Mover) #2- CM Punk (Up 2) After his victory against Adam Cole in a Texas Death Match on Good Friday, Ha

Phew! April was a bit hectic in the world of Stardom wasn't it? We've had an entire tournament, culminating in a new star being crowned as Stardom's Cinderella. We've had five title matches, and the implementation of a new stable in God's Eye. We've even seen hints and discussions that Stardom may at some stage become embroiled in all of the Forbidden Door excitement, setting dream-match predictions and gatekeeping tutting in motion equally across the Joshi fanbase. But at th