Now that I'm a few shows in, including Dark, these are my favourites - and it's definitely not going to be anywhere near the list of anyone else :D
And I'm leaving CM Punk off the list because he hasn't had a match yet. Anyway, these are the ones who I find the most entertaining/who I want to see, and this will probably change in time as I haven't seen a lot of the roster yet:
1. The Bunny
2. Christian
3. Tay Conti
4. MJF
5. Luchasaurus
6. Malakai Black
7. Evil Uno
8. Jungle Boy
9. Kenny Omega
10. Dr. Britt Baker
11. Kazarian
* The Bunny is like AJ Lee, except Blonde. And she's fucking awesome with the character.
* Jungle Boy is Luke "Dylan" Perry's son, holy shit!
* Christian has really grown in AEW, he's the man right now.
* Kazarian I recall from WWE Velocity, he had long hair back then, and showed loads of potential.
* MJF is incredible on the mic, reminds me a lot of a young Chris Jericho
* Tay Conti made an immediate impression on me back when she was in the Mae Young Challenge and on NXT, she's grown A TON since then. Lots of personality, * before she was very shy, it was in the second Mae Young Classic (she was in both) that the personality began to come out, I really wanted her to win!
Other notes:
* Don Callis, if you watched WWE in the early Attitude Era, is the Jackyl - a cult leader who is a bit like a Jim Jones type character, he was originally supposed to be the "Higher Power" which IMO, is one of the most anti-climactic over-hyped storyline in WWE history when it turned out to be Vince McMahon... maybe that was the joke, but there are people who unironically think it was awesome. Would have been interesting if it was The Jackyl.
If you have some time to listen, there's a short conversation with The Bunny - these sorts of segments seem a really good way to get to know the characters:
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