Source: https://www.allelitewrestling.com/aew-roster
Man, who gives a fuck what cm punk thinks. Should be asking king Corbin
Except Jobbing to Cody
I think that Jungle Boy is pretty limited by his own gimmick, how can you build someone as a top star, One of the "four pillars" in your federation with him being some sort of Tarzan rip off? Do you think that in the future we'll see an evolution of his character that will make him more believable as a future top champ or will he fade down the midcard while mantaining his gimmick? Is there a way to make his "Jungle guy" gimmick more believable without changing It?
I thought this would be a fun thought experiment. All of these guys are under the age of 30. Ricky Starks seems to be 31 for those that are confused that he is missing. Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin, and Brian Pillman Jr are 28, Lio Rush and Lee Moriarty are 27, MJF is 25, Jungle Boy is 24, Daniel Garcia is 23, Hook is 22, and Dante Martin is 20.
My list.
- MJF
- Darby Allin
- Jungle Boy
- Daniel Garcia
- Hook
- Dante Martin
- Brian Pillman Jr.
- Sammy Guevara
- Lee Moriarty
- Lio Rush
Let me know what y'all think. I am sure some people will not understand my BPJ ranking. I just think his size, look, name recognition, and overall talent will help him break out soon.
Ignoring the historical significance of Keith Lee's new nickname (and the fact I think they'll soon just start referring to him as "Bearcat Lee"), it's increasingly more eyerolling that people are Twitter-shaming Keith Lee's new nickname.
And yet, those very same people will mark out for cheesy, generic names like "Jungle Boy", "Butcher", "Blade", "Bunny", "Evil Uno", "Pres10" or "The Librarian". The same group of people who got bent out of shape when NXT changed Leva Bates name so it wasn't "Blue Pants".
It's wrestling!
Some of the most memorable characters in history have goofy names: The Giant, The Undertaker, The Rock, etc.
Ultimately, I think a character's name is largely irrelevant. People will adopt it if the wrestler is good enough to get over. But the double-standard from the IWC is painstaking sometimes.
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