5 Canceled AEW Storylines you forgot about

Ray Charles may have had Georgia on his mind, but fans have AEW instead. Several events have occurred along the way, with AEW recently celebrating its 2nd anniversary of Dynamite and entering its third year of existence in 2022.

AEW has a second show on Friday, it's adding a new Women's title, and its main show, Dynamite, is one of the top-rated shows on Cable on Wednesdays. The company survived the pandemic by being innovative and creative in its storytelling and presentation.

With that said, it did make some mistakes but was able to maneuver or drop things that didn't work. Like any wrestling company, including WWE, sometimes the story just doesn't come together. For every Avengers: Endgame, you have a Gigli. So, without further ado, here are 5 AEW Storylines that were canceled and forgotten.

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#5 Andrade El Idolo originally debuted in AEW with Vickie Guerrero as his manager

When Andrade debuted in AEW, he initially had Vicki Guerrero as his manager/mouthpiece. It was interesting as the pair interrupted Mark Henry on an episode of AEW Dynamite. At first, it seemed like a match made in heaven. Vickie praised Andrade in interviews, saying he reminded her of Eddie.

“He’s an amazing asset to AEW and there are going to be unimaginable matches. I’ll be a fan first, and his colleague second,” Vickie stated. “He was saved top-secret till he debuted. Once I noticed him, I had instantaneous reminiscences of watching Eddie and the historical past of Mexican wrestling can be renewed once more in AEW.”

It's still unclear, but Vickie was quickly switched with Chavo Guerrero. Some reports allude that there 'were complaints' and Tony Khan made the switch. But the real reason was never actually given.

Before long, Chavo was announced as Andrade's new "executive consultant" in AEW, which was just another way to say he would be Andrade's on-screen manager.

It certainly would have been interesting to see how Andrade and Vickie would have worked in AEW. But, by bringing in Chavo, All Elite Wrestling can keep the Guerrero linkage in place, which in turn seems to hint at how Andrade will be booked.

While Andrade hasn't had that many matches in the company, Tony Khan certainly has a vision for him, and it will probably unfold in the months to come.

#4 Gangrel's appearance on AEW Dynamite canceled

The last time fans saw Gangrel; he was part of AEW Full Gear in The Elite Deletion match featuring Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara. He made a cameo appearance along with Hurricane Helms.

This wasn't meant to be Gangrel's only appearance in the company. Gangrel was in talks with AEW to make an appearance on Dynamite, which would've featured his famous 'Brood' entrance from WWE's Attitude Era. The problem was that Edge did the same at SummerSlam, which nixed in the deal in the process.

While Gangrel was elated for Edge, he told his former Brood stable member that it cost him.

"I go, 'Yeah, it kinda cost me.' 'What do you mean buddy?' 'That other company over there, AEW, they were getting ready to do a thing.' I was getting ready to do my entrance again, not Edge, me. I didn't tell him that. He got so quiet for what felt like an eternity. He goes, 'Man, I'm so sorry. If you had told me.' I didn't know, I just got booked. It felt like he was gonna cry." Gangrel added, "I did tell him how pumped I was he was doing the entrance. He felt so bad. He sent me pictures of his daughter with the jacket. I was like, 'It's cool man. It was f***ing awesome. I loved seeing you do that."[H/T -Fightful]

One thing is clear! Tony Khan doesn't book anyone without reason. How would Gangrel have figured into AEW's plan? Most likely, it would have been a short-term deal, but certainly, a storyline of sorts would have been in place.

#3 QT Marshall and Bunny's AEW Romance

If there's one thing that AEW has been devoid of when it comes to wrestling tropes, it's the romantic angles. For the most part, AEW hasn't ventured into that territory, except for Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford, who are together in real life. With that said, they did technically try to go for a romantic angle between QT Marshall and Allie/The Bunny.

It wasn't clear why Bunny was clinging on to Marshall on AEW Dynamite. Fans seemed to not care for the pairing. Some fans cited that the pair were both married in real life and the concept was dropped altogether.

In a recent interview with Sportskeeda, Marshall blamed the fans for the angle not working out.

"So that was the fans' fault," said Marshall. "That was their fault. The same fans that love Dexter Lumis, who's married in real-life, has a fiancée on NXT, are the same fans that, because it was me, they didn't like the storyline. 'Oh, this insults our intelligence'. Okay, but me bouncing off the ropes doesn't insult your intelligence? Come on!"

Marshall also admitted that COVID was a factor as he got sick and had to be off television for a month. Considering that the fans weren't responding to the angle, it was perhaps for the better Tony Khan took his creative ax to it.

#2 Chris Jericho vs. Mike Tyson at AEW All Out 2020

It seems ages ago, but fans might've forgotten when Mike Tyson first appeared in AEW.

Tyson and his entourage of fighters broke up a segment with The Inner Circle on Dynamite, which ended in a brawl. Chris Jericho referenced that Tyson knocked him out on WWE RAW years earlier, and he was looking for payback. It sounded like AEW was building up to a match between the two.

"He had this fight with Roy Jones Jr. on September 12, which cut down any chances of a match with me on the 5th but, you know, like I said, I get that it's a lot of money at stake and that's fine. I'm not going anywhere. And we have another PPV in November and we'll see what happens. I'm ready to kick his a** at any point of time. I'm not scared of him. I'll tell you that right now," said Chris Jericho.

Of course, the match never really took place. Instead, the angle was altered when Mike Tyson buried the hatchet with Chris Jericho when he helped fight off The Pinnacle and joined The Inner Circle.

It certainly would've been interesting to see how fans reacted to Tyson vs. Jericho. Will it still happen in the future? Only time will tell.

#1 AEW's The Nightmare Collective

One of the most loathed AEW storylines was the Nightmare Collective. The heel stable that had Brandi Rhodes as its leader consisted of Awesome Kong, Mel, and Luther. It was a strangely put-together stable that veered into Gothic idealogy mixed in with voodoo hijinks. Suffice to say, it never got off the ground.

Fans couldn't make much of it. Brandi Rhodes explained that the original plan was for her to manage Awesome Kong. Kong, who recently retired from wrestling, was not in the best physical shape. This led to the creation of The Nightmare Collective.

The fans responded negatively and, in an interview, Brandi Rhodes felt the same way about the AEW stable.

"I didn’t feel it. I started to notice audience members were on the same page as me. I was starting to feel like ‘I’m not really understanding this,’ or some things that are happening are happening too quickly for people to really keep up with this, or it was a nice idea but we don’t have the time to explain it how people want to explain it so, I think, a big misconception is AEW made changes, not at all, I did," said Brandi Rhodes.

The AEW storyline was thrown out as Brandi Rhodes lit fire to her Nightmare Collective wardrobe, indicating the angle was killed off.

For Brandi and fans alike, it was probably for the best.