5 Most Valuable Performers for AEW in its first year

#3 Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega has competed in the main event of two of AEW's four pay-pay-view shows.

Recognized as one of the best professional wrestlers on the planet in the years leading up to the formation of AEW, Kenny Omega was always destined to be a big part of the company's plans.

After headlining the promotion's first show opposite Chris Jericho, Omega has consistently been one of the strongest in-ring performers in AEW in the last 12 months.

Omega, though, was not a frequent winner during the early days of AEW. Suffering pay-per-view defeats to Jericho, Pac and Jon Moxley, Omega experienced a long losing streak. The quality of these matches, however, was always top class.

Omega got back on-track in January by lifting the AEW Tag Team Championships alongside Adam Page. The duo, both members of The Elite, share an uneasy alliance as champions.

With that said, though, the team did participate in what many consider to be the best match in AEW history so far.

Their Tag Team title bout with The Young Bucks at Revolution in February was sensational. Omega and Page retained their belts in a 30-minute classic. Following the event, fans hailed the bout as one of the greatest tag team matches of all time.

On his sheer in-ring talent alone, Kenny Omega deserves recognition as one of the best in the short history of AEW.