{"id":205626,"date":"2025-10-07T15:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=205626"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:49:56","slug":"last-week-gave-away-that-this-aew-original-is-pretty-much-finished-but-joe-shined-and-statlander-has-momentum-aew-rising-and-fading-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/10\/07\/last-week-gave-away-that-this-aew-original-is-pretty-much-finished-but-joe-shined-and-statlander-has-momentum-aew-rising-and-fading-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Last week gave away that this AEW Original is pretty much finished, but Joe shined and Statlander has momentum &#8211; AEW RISING AND FADING STARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-616682502\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Welcome everyone!<\/p>\n<p>Another week of AEW is in the books. Darby Allin was in the main event on Dynamite and I love that.<\/p>\n<p>Despite what I\u2019ve said about his use of fire, Darby has been my favorite overall character in AEW the first six years. &#8220;Hangman&#8221; Adam Page may have overtaken that. but that was more because Darby wasn\u2019t around than me losing love for Darby.<\/p>\n<p>Darby has been so compelling since the first time you saw him wrestle for AEW., which was a time limit draw with one of the WWE World Champion\u2019s Cody Rhodes through all the teaming with Sting and now his war with Jon Moxley.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, with a quick turn around for Title Tuesday, let\u2019s get to this weeks list!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Rising Star of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>Kris Statlander<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AEW Wonen\u2019s World Champion<\/li>\n<li>One of the first women signed to AEW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Either Stat is rising up to look like a main event player or the people around her this week are helping maker her look like one. Which one is it? I\u2019m not sure, but does it matter which it is? Not at all.<\/p>\n<p>Statlander\u2019s promo on Dynamite was not the best, but the follow-up was. The mixed tag match main event of Stat &amp; Darby vs. Wheeler Yuta &amp; Mirina Shafir was really good. Stat looked dominant over both Shafir and Yuta. The highlight was her slamming Shafir\u2019s bare feet into thumbtacks brought out by Yuta.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Collision, she looked like she belonged in the same ring with Toni Storm during an in-ring segment. It was a weird promo, but most of Storm&#8217;s promos are on the weird side and Stat isn\u2019t exactly normal. Isn\u2019t she an alien or something? Anyways, I\u2019m glad they went with a playful but serious promo. I love that they played up the fact that they have both been in AEW for years now, Stat is an AEW OG and Storm has been around since spring 2022, but this will be their first one-on-one encounter.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2273845239\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The two opponents at WrestleDream will now team up this coming week at Daily\u2019s Place against a common enemy in The Triangle of Madness. The Triangle came out and attacked Storm and Stat with Thekla reminding both of them that they have never beaten her. Then Thekla challenged them for a match. Will they be able to work together?<\/p>\n<h3>1st Runner Up: Samoa Joe<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Former AEW World Champion<\/li>\n<li>ROH Hall of Fame Inductee \u201822<\/li>\n<li>3x Champion in AEW(World, TNT, and Trios titles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me give you my word-for-word reaction to when &#8220;Hangman&#8221; Adam Page \u201cdisrespected\u201d Samoa Joe. Are you ready? \u201cOh shit, oh shit, OH SHIT! Hangman just pissed off Joe!!!! Holy shit here we go!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was all it took to get me invested in the two of them wrestling. Something so small and do you know why? Because Joe is that believable because of his years and years in the business. It took 30 seconds to take a guy who has been mainly in tag or trios matches and ramp him up into a World Title contender.<\/p>\n<p>That is not something you can do with just about anyone on the roster but with Joe it works. I\u2019m hooked to see where he and Hangman go from here.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the &#8220;All Elite Conversation Club&#8221; with Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/all-elite-conversation-club-dehnel-kanner-discuss-6-year-dynamite-anniversary-andrade-s-return-samoa-joe-main-event-pivot-more--68005573\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Elite Conversation Club - Dehnel &amp; Kanner discuss 6-year Dynamite anniversary, Andrade's return, Samoa Joe main event pivot, more\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=68005573&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Fading Star of the Week<\/h2>\n<h3>Chris Jericho<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AEW Original<\/li>\n<li>AEW\u2019s 1st World Champion<\/li>\n<li>Staple of AEW shows for 5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well you knew he was going to end up on this list eventually. The lack of anything Jericho on the 6th anniversary show felt, at the very least, weird. Yeah, there were quick clips of him in the one highlight package, but that\u2019s not enough. In my opinion, if AEW had plans or a want to bring him back, this was a chance to do that.<\/p>\n<p>How and why do you bring him back, you ask? It\u2019s easy to me. Your AEW World Champion &#8220;Hangman&#8221; Adam Page lost his first chance to win the AEW World Title against who? That\u2019s right, Chris Jericho.<\/p>\n<p>I am all for the Samoa Joe and Hangman match; frankly, it will be a better match. That said, Having Jericho put over someone, potentially, on his way out is what should happen. It doesn\u2019t need to be Hangman, but that story would have worked.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1120624094\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>So have we seen the last of Jericho in AEW forever? Honestly, it feels like we may have despite there being ways he could be used on his way out. Then having watched Jericho for over 30 years, I doubt he would care about putting guys over on the way out. 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Another week of AEW is in the books. Darby Allin was in the main event on Dynamite and I love that. 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