5 Dream Matches That Could Happen in AEW
All Elite Wrestling has made a huge impact on wrestling without yet staging a single proper wrestling show. Some of that has to do with the company’s pre-cursor, All In— a fun wrestling spectacle that includes good action and storytelling in front of a sold-out live crowd and a large PPV and streaming audience. Some of it has to do with Tony Khan’s vast resources, which have immediately made AEW more credible than any other startup promotion. Some of it can be attributed to the creative vision of Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks, who have demonstrated themselves to be in touch with hardcore wrestling fans’ sensibilities.
And then there’s the matter of the talent already signed to AEW. With WWE alumni Chris Jericho and Pac, as well as top free agents like Kenny Omega and Pentagon, the company is already amassing a roster second only to WWE’s. Rumors abound regarding other talents AEW is interested in, or who are looking for an opportunity to sign. This article takes a look at five unique dream matches it’s possible could materialize under the AEW banner.
#5 The Undertaker vs. Sting
It is a reach to imagine The Undertaker wrestling for a company other than WWE, both out of loyalty and because at this stage of the career it’s hard to believe he has many more matches in him. However, when he agreed to appear at Starrcast over Double or Nothing Weekend, it got people talking about whether Dead Man could consider working for AEW, even if just for one match, if the money were right.
Sting has declared himself retired, but any longtime fan knows how wrestling retirements tend to go. Moreover, he was a non-WWE mainstay in the wrestling world, who has openly acknowledged that some of his hesitation in signing was based in not knowing if he could trust WWE. His tenure with the company basically consisted of losing to Triple H, losing to Seth Rollins, and accepting a Hall of Fame induction. It’s believable that, if his body can go and the money is right, Sting wouldn’t rule out making one more go of it with AEW.
So, while there’s no indication that The Undertaker vs. Sting will ever happen on the WrestleMania stage that fans long speculated about, for the first time in nearly two decades, it seems even abstractly possible it could happen in another promotion. The Icon vs. The Phenom probably wouldn’t be all that good at this point, but booked appropriately, it could be a landmark spectacle for AEW.