Ranking the Factions of 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

Ranking the factions of AEW in October 2023.

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

This article was a joy to put together. 2012-2020 New Japan Pro Wrestling is, in my opinion, the best period of professional wrestling ever. Below you will find the highest rated 25 matches on Cagematch from New Japan. 21/01/23 Update - We are two and a half weeks post Wrestle Kingdom 17 and the Will Ospreay/Kenny Omega match that set the wrestling fandom abuzz. The match currently has 843 votes, therefore it's time to put it into the Top 25. There are three MVPs of this era

This article was a joy to put together. 2012-2020 New Japan Pro Wrestling is, in my opinion, the best period of professional wrestling ever. Below you will find the highest rated 25 matches on Cagematch from New Japan. There are three MVPs of this era according to Cagematch ratings, arguably four. Here are the totals for the wrestlers that appear on the list more than once: Okada - 12 Omega - 8 Tanahashi - 7 Ibushi - 5 Naito - 3 Ishii - 3 Ospreay - 2 Shibata - 2 Nakamura - 2

Welcome to the #AEWeekly review discussion where PWM contributors reflect on the highlights of the last week in AEW. The week runs Friday to Friday covering Rampage and Dynamite. This week’s contributors are Joe [@GoodVsBadGuys] exploring match of the week, Sergei [@SergeiAlderman] covering promos, Gareth [@Gareth_EW] covering story beats, Peter [@PeterEdge7] with the moment of the week, Dan [@WrestlingRhymes] reflecting on the best move and Trish [@TrishSpeirs48] giving us t

There is more than one Royal (family) Rumble and I will pick thru the family tree of all things numbers and rankings as we prepare for the most unique and my personal favorite event of the wrestling year. While we know most stats that Michael Cole and or JBL have regurgitated into our ears the last few decades, I will still go over and thru the 34 previous yearly editions and the special 50man Greatest Rumble encounter to give my updated consensus on what is really intriguing