AEW has revealed its newest top-five rankings following Wednesday’s Dynamite episode.
As promised, company owner Tony Khan released the newest set of rankings on social media after the conclusion of Wednesday’s episode.
Swerve Strickland sits atop the men’s rankings following a victory over Konosuke Takeshita in Wednesday’s Dynamite main event, and will challenge Samoa Joe for the AEW World Championship at Dynasty on Sunday, April 21.
Thunder Rosa is tops in the women’s rankings, and appears to be the next logical challenger for Toni Storm’s AEW Women’s World Championship. Willow Nightingale, who will challenge Julia Hart for the TBS Championship at Dynasty, comes in third on the new list.
Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta of Best Friends are ranked first in the Tag Team division, while The Bang Bang Gang’s Jay White, Austin Gunn, & Colten Gunn are atop the trios rankings.
The full rankings:
Men’s Division
AEW World Champion Samoa Joe
TNT Champion Adam Copeland
AEW International Champion Roderick Strong
AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada
Swerve Strickland
Orange Cassidy
Jon Moxley
Will Ospreay
Bryan Danielson
Women’s Division
AEW Women’s World Champion Toni Storm
TBS Champion Julia Hart
Thunder Rosa
Mariah May
Willow Nightingale
Deonna Purrazzo
Serena Deeb
Tag Team Division
AEW Tag Team Championship: Vacant
Best Friends
Young Bucks
Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli
Ricky Starks & Big Bill
FTR
Trios Division
AEW Trios Champions: The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
The Bang Bang Gang
The Elite
Blackpool Combat Club
The Undisputed Kingdom
House of Black
Your AEW Rankings as of Wednesday, March 27, immediately following tonight's #AEWDynamite!
A number one contender’s match for the TBS Championship has been added to Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, plus new rankings are set to be revealed.
Kris Statlander, Willow Nightingale, Skye Blue, and Anna Jay will square off in a four-way on the Wednesday, March 27 Dynamite, with the winner facing Julia Hart for the TBS title at AEW Dynasty on Sunday, April 21. Mercedes Mone will be on commentary for the number one contender’s bout.
Additionally, AEW’s Tony Khan has announced that the latest AEW rankings will be revealed following Wednesday’s Dynamite.
This will be the third rankings reveal of 2024, and the first since February 10.
Khan also announced that the winner of Wednesday’s Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita match will be the top-ranked competitor in the men’s division:
The updated AEW Rankings will be released tomorrow, Wednesday night 3/27, following Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite live on TBS! With @Takesoup’s 2024 record at 5-1 + @swerveconfident at 5-1-1, I can confirm that the winner of tomorrow’s Takeshita vs Swerve match will be ranked #1!
The updated lineup for the Wednesday, March 27 Dynamite:
TBS Championship number one contender’s match (w/Mercedes Mone on commentary): Kris Statlander vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay
AEW World Championship number one contender’s match: Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
AEW Tag Team title tournament quarterfinals: The Young Bucks vs. Private Party
The updated AEW Rankings will be released tomorrow, Wednesday night 3/27, following Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite live on TBS!
With @Takesoup's 2024 record at 5-1 + @swerveconfident at 5-1-1, I can confirm that the winner of tomorrow's Takeshita vs Swerve match will be ranked #1!
Tony Khan posted the new top-five wrestlers in each division following the conclusion of AEW Collision on Saturday night.
Men’s singles rankings —
There were two changes in the men’s singles division rankings. Last week, Swerve Strickland was in the top spot, and Hangman Page was ranked number two. However, after going to a time-limit draw on Dynamite, Page and Strickland are listed as being tied for the number one contender’s spot.
Konosuke Takeshita cracks the top five after defeating Chris Jericho on Dynamite. He’s now 3-0 in singles matches in 2024.
Roderick Strong drops out of the rankings after being number five last week. Strong teamed with Matt Taven & Mike Bennett on Dynamite in a win over Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Rocky Romero on Rampage this week but hasn’t had a singles match since the previous rankings came out. Strong is scheduled to challenge Cassidy for the AEW International Champion at Revolution.
Men’s Champions —
AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe
TNT Champion: Christian Cage
AEW International Champion: Orange Cassidy
AEW Continental Crown Champion: Eddie Kingston
Contenders:
Swerve Strickland (tied with Hangman Page) (1)
Hangman Adam Page (tied with Swerve Strickland) (2)
Adam Copeland (3)
Jon Moxley (4)
Konosuke Takeshita (previously unranked)
Women’s Rankings.
There were no changes in the top-five rankings for the AEW Women’s singles division.
Women’s Champions —
AEW Women’s World Champion: Toni Storm
TBS Champion: Julia Hart
Contenders:
Deonna Purrazzo
Thunder Rosa
Hikaru Shida
Skye Blue
Mariah May
AEW Tag Team Rankings —
Sting & Darby Allin defeated Big Bill and Ricky Starks to win the tag titles on Dynamite.
John Silver and Alex Reynolds had been ranked number two in the previous rankings but dropped out of the top five altogether after losing a Tag title eliminator match to Starks & Bill on the February 2 edition of Rampage.
Top Flight cracks the top five after defeating the number four ranked team of Private Party on the February 2 Rampage. However, Private Party defeated them earlier this year on the January 17 edition of Dynamite.
FTR jumped over Cassidy & Trent Beretta for the number five spot. FTR, along with Daniel Garcia, were victorious over The Patriarchy on the February 3 Collision, while The Best Friends dropped a match to the Undisputed Kingdom on Friday’s edition of Rampage. These were both trios matches, however.
The Blackpool Combat Club moved up one spot due to The Dark Order dropping out of the top five and two wins over CMLL stars this week (one in a 2-on-2 match and one in a trios match).
AEW World Tag Team Champions — Sting & Darby Allin
Contenders:
Big Bill & Ricky Starks (Champions)
Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli (Bryan Danielson & Castanoli were ranked number 3 previously)
Top Flight (previously unranked)
Private Party (4)
FTR (Previously unranked)
AEW Trios Division —
FTR and Daniel Garcia moved up from the number four to the number one spot this week after defeating The Patriarchy on the February 3 episode of Collision.
Bullet Club Gold dropped out of the top spot after having been inactive since the last rankings came out. Mark Briscoe & The Hardys also dropped from number two to number three due to inactivity as well.
The Dark Order dropped two spots due to inactivity and being jumped over by The Blackpool Combat Club, who had a trios win over CMLL luchadors on Dynamite this week.
House of Black dropped out of the top five (they had been ranked number five in the previous rankings). They have not wrestled a trios match since the previous rankings came out.
AEW World Trios Champions — The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
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AEW’s rankings have returned for the first time since August 2022.
Owner, CEO, GM, and head of creative Tony Khan released the first AEW rankings for 2024 late Wednesday following this week’s Dynamite episode aired.
Men’s and women’s singles champions are listed, with top-five rankings for the men’s and women’s division as a whole, but not for each individual championship. The Tag Team and Trios champions are also listed, with a dedicated top-five for each title.
Khan promised the return of the rankings in a January 20 social media post after the company had abandoned the practice after August 31, 2022.
Here are the rankings:
Men’s Champions —
AEW World Champion: Samoa Joe
TNT Champion: Christian Cage
AEW International Champion: Orange Cassidy
AEW Continental Crown Champion: Eddie Kingston
Contenders:
Swerve Strickland
Hangman Adam Page
Adam Copeland
Jon Moxley
Roderick Strong
Women’s Champions —
AEW Women’s World Champion: Toni Storm
TBS Champion: Julia Hart
Contenders:
Deonna Purrazzo
Thunder Rosa
Hikaru Shida
Skye Blue
Mariah May
AEW World Tag Team Champions — Ricky Starks & Big Bill
Contenders:
Sting & Darby Allin
John Silver & Alex Reynolds
Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli
Private Party
Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta
AEW World Trios Champions — The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn
On Saturday evening, Tony Khan announced on X that the rankings would be making a comeback, starting this month.
“The Rankings are coming back to AEW going forward, starting this month! @AEW is having a very exciting January, and this is only the beginning of an amazing 2024 for AEW and our fans. Thank you all watching Saturday Night #AEWCollision right now on @TNTdrama!,” Khan wrote.
The Rankings are coming back to AEW going forward, starting this month!@AEW is having a very exciting January, and this is only the beginning of an amazing 2024 for AEW and our fans. Thank you all watching Saturday Night #AEWCollision right now on @TNTdrama!
Shortly after Tony Khan’s post on X, Tony Schiavone also announced the return of the rankings during the main event of Collision between Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli and Eddie Kingston & Ortiz.
When the promotion started in 2019, AEW had a top-5 rankings for men, women, and men’s tag teams. However, they moved away from the rankings system in August of 2022, last updating them on August 31. In October of that year, Khan told Comicbook.com that he was “re-evaluating” the rankings system but mentioned he could bring them back soon.
Tony Khan says he could bring back the AEW rankings soon.
The promotion’s top-5 rankings have not been updated since Wednesday, August 31, 2022, the same date as the go-home edition of AEW Dynamite before All Out. Khan was asked about the status of the rankings during a recent interview with Comicbook.com.
“I haven’t updated it lately because I think so much has been fluid, coming out of the Grand Slam Tournament of Champions in particular. It’s a fluid situation coming out of Grand Slam and I think now I’m reevaluating it and quite possibly (I) could bring them back soon, but certainly made a lot of changes for the better that led to our best ratings of the year in many ways because we really zoned in and have had, I think, a lot of our best shows in recent months.”
FTR has been ranked number one in the AEW tag team division since April 6, but have not received a shot at the titles in that time. They haven’t had a two-on-two match on AEW Dynamite since May. Khan was asked what the reason behind his booking of FTR in this way is.
“FTR have wrestled at singles. They have had some trios and, of course, have had a number of pay-per-view matches in that time, both in Ring of Honor and in AEW. But I think we could look to see them in tag action and maybe defending some of those tag team titles that they hold. They hold three different tag team championships in companies that we all have affiliations with, across Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, and Lucha Libre AAA. And certainly, I’ve been instrumental in organizing their bookings overseas and with Ring of Honor, where I also do the bookings.”
The AEW President also spoke to SI.com ahead of Wednesday’s Dynamite from Washington. He declined to comment on the status of those suspended following the backstage altercation at All Out but did confirm that media scrums would continue after AEW pay-per-views. Khan also provided an update on a potential future streaming service for AEW.
“As the library continues to grow, we’re only building a stronger and stronger addition to our content,” he said. “We’re working on doing it in a way that makes sense.”
AEW has revealed their first set of post-All Out roster rankings.
After winning Saturday’s Casino Battle Royale, Lance Archer is officially ranked first in the men’s division. Archer will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at some point in the future.
Moxley retained his title against MJF in the main event of All Out. MJF is now ranked third in the men’s division.
The women’s division rankings are unchanged from last week. Hikaru Shida retained her AEW Women’s Championship against Thunder Rosa at All Out.
FTR are the new AEW Tag Team Champions after defeating Kenny Omega & Hangman Page at All Out. Omega & Page are now ranked as the top contenders in the division.
The Young Bucks defeated Jurassic Express at All Out. Santana & Ortiz have now taken Jurassic Express’ place at fifth in the tag team rankings.
Here are this week’s full rankings:
Men’s division —
Champions: AEW World Champion Jon Moxley (17-0 singles record in 2020, 23-2-1 overall record), TNT Champion Brodie Lee (6-1 singles record in 2020, 9-2 overall record)
Lance Archer (13-1 singles record in 2020, 13-1 overall record)
Brian Cage (7-1 singles record in 2020, 7-2 overall record)
MJF (8-1 singles record in 2020, 13-3 overall record)
Cody (18-2 singles record in 2020, 26-7-1 overall record)
Scorpio Sky (7-2 singles record in 2020, 25-11 overall record)
Women’s division —
Champion: Hikaru Shida (17-1 singles record in 2020, 22-7 overall record)
Nyla Rose (8-2 singles record in 2020, 15-6 overall record)
Big Swole (8-3 singles record in 2020, 10-8 overall record)
Abadon (5-1 singles record in 2020, 5-1 overall record)
Penelope Ford (7-5 singles record in 2020, 9-8 overall record)
Britt Baker (4-6 singles record in 2020, 13-10 overall record)
Tag team division —
Champions: FTR (8-0 tag team record in 2020, 8-2 overall record for Dax Harwood, 8-2 overall record for Cash Wheeler)
Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (12-1 tag team record in 2020, 30-10 overall record for Omega, 21-11 overall record for Page)
Best Friends (14-6 tag team record in 2020, 22-17 overall record for Trent Barreta, 21-15 overall record for Chuck Taylor)
The Young Bucks (7-3 tag team record in 2020, 22-12 overall record for Nick Jackson, 22-12 overall record for Matt Jackson)
The Natural Nightmares (6-2 tag team record in 2020, 16-9 overall record for Dustin Rhodes, 11-12 overall record for QT Marshall)
Santana & Ortiz (7-4 tag team record in 2020, 15-13 overall record for Santana, 15-13 overall record for Ortiz)
AEW’s latest roster rankings have a new team at the top of the tag team division contenders.
Best Friends are now ranked first in the tag division, moving up one spot and overtaking The Dark Order. Private Party have also moved up two spots and are now ranked third.
AEW Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega & Hangman Page will be part of the Elite & Matt Hardy vs. Inner Circle Stadium Stampede match at Double or Nothing this Saturday.
Brodie Lee, who will challenge Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship at Double or Nothing, has moved up one spot and is now third in the men’s division rankings. Cody and Lance Archer are the two wrestlers ahead of him. Cody and Archer are facing off in the finals of the TNT Championship tournament on Saturday.
The rankings in the women’s division are unchanged from last week. Hikaru Shida is challenging for Nyla Rose’s AEW Women’s Championship in a no DQ, no countout match at Double or Nothing.
Here are this week’s full rankings:
Men’s division —
Champion: Jon Moxley (10-0 singles record in 2020, 15-2-1 overall record)
Cody (9-1 singles record in 2020, 16-6-1 overall record
Lance Archer (5-0 singles record in 2020, 5-0 overall record)
Brodie Lee (5-0 singles record in 2020, 5-0 overall record)
Kenny Omega (4-0 singles record in 2020, 21-8 overall record)
Darby Allin (6-3 singles record in 2020, 11-10-1 overall record)
Women’s division —
Champion: Nyla Rose (5-1 singles record in 2020, 10-4 overall record)
Hikaru Shida (9-1 singles record in 2020, 14-5 overall record)
Kris Statlander (3-4 singles record in 2020, 7-7 overall record)
Britt Baker (4-4 singles record in 2020, 12-8 overall record)
Yuka Sakazaki (1-1 singles record in 2020, 1-4 overall record)
Riho (3-3 singles record in 2020, 11-6 overall record)
Tag team division —
Champions: Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (6-0 tag team record in 2020, 21-8 overall record for Omega, 13-9 overall record for Page)
Best Friends (7-3 tag team record in 2020, 13-14 overall record for Trent Barreta, 12-12 overall record for Chuck Taylor)
The Dark Order (5-0 tag team record in 2020, 9-3 overall record for Evil Uno, 9-4 overall record for Stu Grayson)
Private Party (4-1 tag team record in 2020, 8-11 overall record for Marq Quen, 8-11 overall record for Isiah Kassidy)
The Young Bucks (2-2 tag team record in 2020, 12-9 overall record for Nick Jackson, 12-9 overall record for Matt Jackson)
Jurassic Express (3-1 tag team record in 2020, 9-6 overall record for Luchasaurus, 7-13-1 overall record for Jungle Boy)
With the release of this week’s top-five roster rankings, Jon Moxley is currently ranked as the top challenger in AEW’s men’s division.
Moxley replaces PAC in the top spot after PAC lost to Kenny Omega on Wednesday’s episode of Dynamite. AEW World Champion Chris Jericho retained his title against Scorpio Sky in the main event of the show. Jericho put Sky back in the Liontamer after the match, with the show then ending with an angle where Moxley appeared in the crowd and had a staredown with Jericho.
Hikaru Shida remains the top challenger in the women’s division in the new top-five rankings, while Santana & Ortiz have moved up to first in the tag team division:
Men’s division —
Jon Moxley (3-0-1 singles record, 3-1-1 overall)
PAC (4-2-1 singles record, 4-3-1 overall)
Kenny Omega (4-2 singles record, 7-4 overall)
Cody Rhodes (4-1-1 singles record, 5-2-1 overall)
MJF (2-1 singles record, 3-1 overall)
Women’s division —
Hikaru Shida (3-1 singles record, 4-2 overall)
Emi Sakura (1-1 singles record, 3-3 overall)
Britt Baker (3-2 singles record, 6-3 overall)
Nyla Rose (2-3 singles record, 3-3 overall)
Bea Priestley (1-2 singles record, 3-2 overall)
Tag team division —
Santana & Ortiz (3-1 tag team record, 4-1 overall)
The Young Bucks (4-3 tag team record, 7-4 overall record for Matt Jackson, 7-5 overall record for Nick Jackson)
Best Friends (4-3 tag team record, 6-5 overall record for Trent Barreta, 5-4 overall record for Chuck Taylor)
The Lucha Bros (4-4 tag team record, 5-6 overall record for Pentagon Jr., 6-5 overall record for Fenix)
AEW has revealed their third set of top-five roster rankings.
The rankings are released on Fridays. The first set was revealed on the night before Full Gear, with the second set being released last week.
Here are the updated rankings for each division:
Men’s division —
PAC (4-1-1 singles record, 4-2-1 overall)
Jon Moxley (3-0-1 singles record, 3-1-1 overall)
Cody Rhodes (3-1-1 singles record, 4-2-1 overall)
Hangman Page (4-3 singles record, 5-5 overall)
Kenny Omega (3-2 singles record, 6-4 overall)
Women’s division —
Hikaru Shida (3-1 singles record, 4-1 overall)
Britt Baker (3-2 singles record, 6-3 overall)
Emi Sakura (1-1 singles record, 2-3 overall)
Nyla Rose (2-3 singles record, 3-3 overall)
Allie (1-2 singles record, 3-2 overall)
Tag team division —
The Lucha Bros (4-3 tag team record, 5-5 overall record for Pentagon Jr., 6-4 overall record for Fenix)
The Young Bucks (4-3 tag team record, 7-4 overall record for Matt Jackson, 7-5 overall record for Nick Jackson)
Private Party (4-4 tag team record, 4-6 overall)
Santana & Ortiz (2-1 tag team record, 3-1 overall)
The Dark Order (3-2 tag team record, 4-2 overall)
AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, AEW Women’s Champion Riho, and AEW Tag Team Champions SCU (Scorpio Sky & Frankie Kazarian) aren’t included in the rankings for their divisions due to being champions. Matches with unsanctioned stipulations also don’t factor into the rankings.
Moxley moved up from fourth to second in the men’s division after defeating Darby Allin on Dynamite this week. Allin fell out of the top five after the loss.
In a matchup of the top two contenders in the women’s division, Shida defeated Baker on this week’s Dynamite. Shida has moved up to first in the rankings, while Baker has fallen to second.
Santana & Ortiz were ranked second in the tag team division last week but are now fourth after their loss to Private Party on Dynamite. Private Party are third after not being ranked in the top five last Friday.
