Annual stock check: assessing AEW’s year-over-year performance

This year, AEW Dynamite renewed its contract with TNT through 2023.
This year, AEW Dynamite renewed its contract with TNT through 2023.

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AEW finally pulled the V-trigger on Kenny Omega in 2020.
AEW finally pulled the V-trigger on Kenny Omega in 2020.

In December 2019, AEW was still very much in its formative stage of development. It relied on the legendary Chris Jericho to captain the ship as "Le Champion." While Jericho’s title run was quite enjoyable, the current state of AEW’s World Championship picture is a remarkable improvement from where it stood a year ago.

With AEW Winter is Coming, AEW Dynamite featured one of the most intriguing title switches in recent memory. New champion Kenny Omega aligned with Don Callis to launch the company into a new era.

This victory was the culmination of Omega's return to the main event scene. For months, he was stuck in the mid-card as a tag team player. But now, Omega is back where he belongs. As he asserts himself as the would-be belt collector, Omega may even take the AEW Championship on a cross-promotional tour. After all, he's quickly becoming the face of AEW's partnership with IMPACT Wrestling.

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Edited by Colin Tessier