All Star Pro Wrestlers

On the November 27, 2019 episode of NXT, the entire NXT roster, including members of NXT UK, came together to celebrate the brand’s successful showing at Survivor Series after defeating both Raw and SmackDown throughout the weekend. During the celebration, The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish, and Roderick Strong) interrupted the roster and took credit for NXT’s dominance. Tommaso Ciampa spoke up and reminded UE that it was his team at War Games that defeated UE the night before Survivor Series. He made it clear that he intended to go after Cole’s NXT Championship. Finn Bálor also interrupted and claim he was the next challenger in line.

Ciampa challenged Bálor to a match later that night, which Bálor accepted. During the match, Adam Cole interfered, allowing Bálor to defeat Ciampa. After the match was over, Bálor surprised Cole by attacking him with a Pele Kick.

The following week on NXT, Ciampa teamed with Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic in a six man tag team match against Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, and Kyle O’Reilly of The Undisputed Era. Ciampa, Lee, and Dijakovic picked up the victory after Lee pinned Cole.

Afterwards, WWE announced that Keith Lee, Tommaso Ciampa, and Finn Bálor would compete in a triple threat match on the December 11 episode of NXT to determine the new number one contender for Adam Cole’s NXT Championship. The match was won by Bálor, officially earning him a championship opportunity against Cole the following week where he was ultimately defeated by Cole to due to interference from Johnny Gargano! 🔥

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At Dynasty, Swerve Strickland defeated Samoa Joe to win the AEW World Championship for the first time in his career and also becoming the first recognized African American AEW World Champion in company history.

On the April 27, 2024 edition of Dynamite, he successfully defended the AEW World Championship against Claudio Castagnoli in his first defense of the reign. He later retained the title against Christian Cage at Double or Nothing.

On the May 22 episode of Dynamite, AEW announced that a Casino Gauntlet Match would take place the following week to determine Swerve Strickland’s challenger for Forbidden Door that was ultimately won by Will Ospreay, the current AEW International Champion at the time.

The AEW World Championship match between Swerve Strickland and Will Ospreay headlined Forbidden Door. The match was highly acclaimed by fans and critics, with Wrestling Observer Newsletter journalist Dave Meltzer awarding the contest 5.5 stars, making it the highest rated match on the Forbidden Door event card. 🔥

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The first official TLC (Tables, Ladders & Chairs) match in WWE history took place at SummerSlam 2000 between The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian, with Edge & Christian defending the WWF Tag Team Championships. The match quickly became one of the most influential tag team matches in wrestling history because of its creativity, nonstop pace, and the risks all six wrestlers were willing to take. In the end, Edge & Christian retained the championships.

The second TLC match happened less than a year later at WrestleMania X-Seven and is still considered by many fans and wrestlers to be one of the greatest WWE matches ever. The match once again featured The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian competing for the WWF Tag Team Championships. This time, however, each team had outside help at ringside. Matt and Jeff Hardy were accompanied by Lita, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley were joined by Spike Dudley, and Edge & Christian had Rhyno in their corner. Edge & Christian ultimately retained the championships for the second straight TLC match.

TLC III took place on the May 24, 2001 episode of SmackDown! and expanded the formula even further. In addition to The Hardy Boyz, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge & Christian, the team of Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit were added to the match as the reigning WWF World Tag Team Champions. 🔥

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Taking place from July 21 to August 10, the 2014 edition of the G1 Climax taken place. for NJPW during its worldwide rise in popularity. It was also the biggest G1 Climax tournament ever at the time, featuring 22 competitors stacked with some of the best wrestlers in the world.

The tournament featured a stacked lineup across both blocks. Block A included wrestlers such as Shinsuke Nakamura, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Katsuyori Shibata, Shelton X Benjamin, Bad Luck Fale, and Doc Gallows. Block B featured Kazuchika Okada, AJ Styles, Minoru Suzuki, Karl Anderson, Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto, and others. After weeks of matches, the finalists ended up being fellow CHAOS members Shinsuke Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada, with Nakamura winning Block A and Okada winning Block B.

It was Rainmaker v. King of Strong Style. After a long and competitive match, Kazuchika Okada defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the 2014 G1 Climax. With the victory, Okada earned an IWGP Heavyweight Championship match against Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 9 in the Tokyo Dome (who would defeat AJ Styles for the title by the time the event had taken place.) 🔥

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In 2019, AEW officially announced a partnership with AAA. One of the biggest names involved in that partnership was Kenny Omega, who made his AAA debut at Triplemanía XXVII. Omega teamed with his Elite stablemates, Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks against the team of Fénix, Pentagón Jr., and Laredo Kid (in a match I’ll be covering soon).

Later that year, at Héroes Inmortales XIII in October 2019, Omega defeated Fénix to win the AAA Mega Championship for the first time. On November 7, 2019, AAA announced that Dragon Lee, of PWG, ROH, NJPW and CMLL fame, would challenge Kenny Omega for the AAA Mega Championship at Triplemanía Regia, which was Lee’s AAA debut, that took place on December 1, 2019. 🔥

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The history between Kenny Omega and Konosuke Takesh*ta goes back years before AEW. During their time together in DDT Pro-Wrestling, Takesh*ta often spoke about Kenny Omega being one of his biggest mentors and inspirations in wrestling. Omega played a major role in helping Takesh*ta get opportunities outside of Japan, and was the one who personally encouraged Tony Khan to take a serious look at signing him to AEW.

Takesh*ta made his AEW debut on April 9, 2021, during AEW’s first non-televised event, The House Always Wins. In his first match for the company, Takesh*ta teamed with Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks and Michael Nakazawa in a 10 man tag team match against Death Triangle and the Sydal Brothers. Even though their team lost, it was the beginning of Takesh*ta’s connection with AEW and his first time sharing the ring alongside Omega under the AEW banner. It was officially confirmed that Takesh*ta had signed with AEW by November of 2022.

At Double or Nothing 2023, during the final moments of Kenny Omega’s match against the Blackpool Combat Club, Don Callis betrayed Omega and aligned himself with Konosuke Takesh*ta. Takesh*ta and Callis attacked Omega together, officially forming what would become the Don Callis Family and turning Takesh*ta heel. At All In 2023 inside Wembley Stadium, Takesh*ta teamed with Bullet Club Gold’s Jay White and Juice Robinson against The Golden Elite, made up of Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi and “Hangman” Adam Page. Takesh*ta pinned Omega during the match, giving his team the victory in one of the biggest moments of his AEW career. Following the event, Don Callis requested a singles match between Omega and Takesh*ta, which AEW President Tony Khan later made official for All Out.

At All Out 2023, Takesh*ta defeated Kenny Omega. He would continue this by pinning Omega again during a six man tag match at WrestleDream on October 1, 2023. After scoring three consecutive pinfall victories over Kenny Omega in a short period of time, Don Callis officially began referring to Konosuke Takesh*ta as “The Alpha.”

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On April 2, 2025, AEW officially revealed the competitors for both the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournaments, with the finals scheduled to take place at Double or Nothing. The men’s tournament bracket featured Will Ospreay, Kevin Knight, Brody King, Konosuke Takesh*ta, Mark Briscoe, Kyle Fletcher, “Hangman” Adam Page, and the mystery “Joker” entrant, who was revealed to be the debuting Josh Alexander.

Will Ospreay defeated Kevin Knightin the opening round and then advanced to the finals by defeating Konosuke Takesh*ta at Spring Break Thru in a match that received major praise from both fans and critics.

n the opposite side of the bracket, “Hangman” Adam Page defeated Josh Alexander in Alexander’s AEW debut match before moving on to face Kyle Fletcher in the semifinals where he also won.

The tournament finals took place in the main event of Double or Nothing, where “Hangman” Adam Page faced Will Ospreay in a match that lasted over 35 minutes. In the closing moments, Page was finally able to overcome Ospreay to win the 2025 Owen Hart Foundation Cup Tournament.

With the victory, Page earned an AEW World Championship match against Jon Moxley at All In. The finals between Adam Page and Will Ospreay received widespread acclaim immediately following the event, with many fans and critics calling it one of the best matches of the year. Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer awarded the match 5.5 stars, making it the highest rated match of the entire Double or Nothing event. 🔥

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AJ Styles made his WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble after finishing his final run in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and what followed was one of the most successful debut years in WWE history. From the moment he arrived, Styles immediately became one of the top names on the roster and spent the entire year proving why he was already considered one of- actually, no, THE best wrestler in the world.

Styles would enter his first WWE feud, going against Chris Jericho that lead to his WrestleMania debut. Shortly after WrestleMania, AJ moved into the WWE Championship picture and challenged Roman Reigns for the title at both Payback and Extreme Rules.

Following his rivalry with Reigns, Styles entered a feud with John Cena that would become one of the defining feuds of 2016. AJ would turn heel and defeat Cena at Money in the Bank and SummerSlam. At Backlash in September 2016, AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose to win his first WWE Championship. With the victory, Styles became the first wrestler in history to hold the TNA World Championship, the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, and the WWE Championship.

Styles successfully defended the WWE Championship against Cena and Ambrose in a Triple Threat Match at No Mercy, and later retained the title against Ambrose again in a TLC Match at TLC 2016 on December 4.

On the December 27 episode of SmackDown Live, AJ once again retained his championship against Dolph Ziggler and Baron Corbin. That same night also featured the return of John Cena after nearly three months away from WWE television. Cena announced that he would challenge the winner of the WWE Championship match at the 2017 Royal Rumble. After the match, Cena entered the ring appearing ready for a confrontation, but instead congratulated Styles with a handshake as the show ended. 🔥

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At King of Pro-Wrestling 2018, Will Ospreay scored a pinfall victory over NEVER Openweight Champion Taichi during a 6 Man Tag Team Match, setting himself up as the next challenger for the championship. The original plan was for Ospreay to face Taichi for the NEVER Openweight Championship shortly after, but the match was cancelled after Ospreay suffered an injury.

With Ospreay unable to compete, Hirooki Goto stepped in as the replacement challenger. He successfully defeated Taichu to capture the NEVER Openweight Championship. Ospreay returned later in the year and resumed his pursuit of the NEVER Openweight Championship.

On the final night of the 2018 World Tag League tour, Ospreay defeated Taichi to officially become the number one contender for the NEVER Openweight Championship once again. Later that same night, Kota Ibushi defeated Hirooki Goto to become the new NEVER Openweight Champion. Following Ibushi’s victory, Ospreay confronted and challenged him to the championship opener at Wrestle Kingdom 13. 🔥

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On April 4, 2023, hosted their fourth event in the city of South Pasadena, ROL IV. The card featured many names most fans would recognize from WWE and AEW today!

The matches included were Miyu Yamash*ta taking on Kidd Bandit, Chavo Guerrero Jr. knocking off Christoper Daniels, Jacob Fatu squaring off against Penta El Zero Miedo and in the main event, it was “Speedball” Mike Bailey, going one on one with The Mexaking, Rey Fénix.

Another match that is considered a hidden gem amongst fans was the dream match between The Alpha, Konosuke Takesh*ta, fresh off of his run from DDT against King Strange, Arez (A.K.A. El Clon). Before the days of the two becoming fellow members of the Don Callis Family, they were squabbling up here, in Republic of Lucha. It was lucha libre vs. puroresu at its finest. And the match delivered. 🔥

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At Extreme Rules, The Shield (Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose) defeated Evolution (Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista.) The night after Extreme Rules on RAW, Triple H immediately began targeting The Shield in every possible way. Dean Ambrose was forced to defend the United States Championship in a 20 man battle royal, where Sheamus ultimately captured the title, last eliminating Ambrose. Later in the night, The Shield battled The Wyatt Family in another chaotic six man war. Just as Ambrose, Rollins, and Reigns appeared ready to put Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan away, Evolution appeared at ringside. The distraction allowed Bray Wyatt to pin Roman Reigns, handing The Shield a rare defeat. Evolution then assaulted all three men after the match and sent a message by delivering The Shield’s own trademark triple powerbomb to Reigns.

The following week, The Shield demanded another fight with Evolution. Triple H accepted the challenge, and the rematch was officially set for Payback in a No Holds Barred six man elimination match.

At Payback, The Shield once again defeated Evolution in dominant fashion, eliminating every member of the legendary group and proving that they were the most dangerous unit in WWE. On the next episode of RAW the next night, Batista, frustrated over constant failures and angry about not receiving the WWE World Heavyweight Championship opportunity he believed he was owed after winning the Royal Rumble, Batista quit Evolution and walked out on Triple H and Randy Orton.

Later that same night, Triple H and Orton confronted The Shield in the ring. Triple H claimed that Evolution’s loss at Payback had only been “Plan A” and promised that he still had a “Plan B.” Without warning, Seth Rollins cracked a steel chair across the back of Roman Reigns. Then another to Dean Ambrose. Rollins repeatedly destroyed his own brothers with chair shots while Triple H and Randy Orton watched with approval, joining The Authority and ending The Shield. 🔥

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