5 AEW Wrestlers and Their WCW Counterparts

#4. AEW's Darby Allin and Sting

It's no accident that AEW paired Darby Allin with Sting. Even before signing with All Elite, Allin has been seen as a modern day version of Sting mixed with the more high-flying style of Jeff Hardy.

Knowing all that, his mentorship with Sting is an incredibly fitting one.

Like his mentor, Darby Allin is known for being a face wrestler who sports war-like facepaint in matches. However, it's Allin's never-say-die personality that more closely resembles Sting's as well.

As seen in the past, even when Allin is done and out, he still stands and gives it all in his matches. It's a heroic trait we've seen Sting demonstrate time and time again, making Allin the current equivalent of Sting in AEW.

#3. AEW's MJF and WCW's Ric Flair

This may be a controversial one here. As many wrestling fans have argued, MJF's promo skills may be more closely aligned with that of Rowdy Roddy Piper than anyone else.

However, his in-ring ability and career standing so far more directly resemble Ric Flair's at the height of the Nature Boy's success in NWA and WCW.

Like Flair, MJF is a wrestler who is certainly not above using dirty tricks in his matches, regularly cheating to win.

He's also been praised for his ability to draw heat from entrie arenas full of of fans, similar to Flair during his heel years. Not only that, but MJF's current role as the leader of the Pinaccle seems remarkably similar to Flair's position as the founder of the Four Horsemen.

Seeing where MJF's career goes next, it'll be interesting to see whether the parallels between the two continue, especially if MJF ever turns face like Flair.