Jim Cornette, no stranger to being outspoken about AEW, has revealed every AEW wrestler he would fire, and every one he’d keep.
During the latest Jim Cornette Experience podcast, Cornette went down the AEW roster page one-by-one to determine who he’d keep if he was running a promotion, and who he wouldn’t.
Due to the AEW roster being so large, he only got about halfway through, but promised to pick back up on a future podcast, so this list only includes male roster members through the letter N alphabetically for now.
We’ll update this article when he completes the list.
Here are the names Cornette opted to fire when going down through the roster:
- AEW World Trios Champions Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix)
- AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy
- Aaron Solo
- Adam Page
- Alex Reynolds
- Angelico
- Anthony Ogogo
- Brandon Cutler
- Brian Cage
- Brock Anderson
- Buddy Matthews
- Chris Jericho
- Chuck Taylor
- Colt Cabana
- Danhausen
- Ethan Page
- Evil Uno
- Fuego Del Sol
- Griff Garrison
- Isiah Kassidy
- Jake Hager
- Jeff Hardy
- John Silver
- ‘Jungle Boy’ Jack Perry
- Kenny Omega
- Kip Sabian
- Lee Johnson
- Lee Moriarty
- Luchasaurus
- Luther
- Mark Sterling
- Matt Hardy
- Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
- Matt Sydal
- Michael Nakazawa
- Malakai Black
With those names gone, here are the names Cornette said he’d keep:
- AEW World Champion Jon Moxley
- AEW World Tag Team Champions The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens)
- AEW TNT Champion Wardlow
- Adam Cole
- Andrade El Idolo
- Angelo Parker & Matt Menard
- Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn & Billy Gunn
- Brian Pillman Jr
- Bryan Danielson
- FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood)
- Christian Cage
- Christopher Daniels
- Claudio Castagnoli
- CM Punk
- Darby Allin
- Dustin Rhodes
- Frankie Kazarian
- HOOK
- Marq Quen
- Jay Lethal
- Keith Lee
- Kyle O’Reilly
- Lance Archer
- Mark Henry
- Miro
- MJF
- Nick Comoroto
And that just leaves these names, who Cornette was on the fence about and didn’t give a definitive answer either way:
- Brody King
- Daniel Garcia
- Dante Martin
- Darius Martin
- Eddie Kingston
As noted, this is just the male roster through the letter N, so when Cornette completes the list, we’ll update this page.
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