5 AEW wrestlers who could get lost in the shuffle in 2022

4. AEW hasn't done anything with Frankie Kazarian for too long

Frankie Kazarian is one of AEW's veteran wrestlers. Kazarian has had a career beginning in the late 90s. He's been in IMPACT Wrestling, WWE, and various other promotions and held titles in every one of them. Kazarian is truly a champion wrestler, and the fact that he's been seemingly sidelined is disappointing.

Kazarian was a member of AEW's SCU stable for most of his beginning run. As a part of SCU he was one half of the inaugural Tag Team Champions with Scorpio Sky. After Sky left SCU to pursue a singles run, Kazarian was left with the third SCU member, Christopher Daniels.

The two ended up splitting after an ultimatum of one more loss was declared by Daniels. SCU split after being defeated by The Young Bucks. Kazarian then went his own way, attacking any member of The Elite when they'd cheat or run their mouths. He became a vigilante character, the "Elite Hunter."

As interesting as this turn was, AEW didn't go anywhere with it. Kazarian never won against The Elite and only managed to attack them. Now that Omega and the Bucks aren't champions, The Elite have taken a much different role. Because of this Kazarian can't hunt anyone. Hopefully AEW does something interesting before fans forget about the veteran wrestler.

3. AEW have moved away from pushing Kris Statlander

Kris Statlander made her professional wrestling debut just five years ago in 2016. Afterwards she had very brief appearances in WWE before fully debuting at AEW. Statlander is still very young but there's a lot of potential for her.

Statlander wrestles in AEW with an "alien" gimmick. She's billed as "The Galaxy's Greatest Alien" and has a good natured persona. Her in-ring work is very powerful with lots of lifts and slams. Stalander was able to pick up both Jamie Hayter and Reba in a segment a few months ago. These feats of strength are usually what get the fans behind her, although she's never shown any promo skills.

From 2019 to 2020, Statlander received a heavy push, which included two title shots (one against Riho and the next against Nyla Rose). Unfortunately she suffered an ACL injury and was sidelined for nearly a year. Statlander returned on March 31st at AEW Dynamite, joining The Best Friends.

Since her return, she had one shot at the title but lost. Since losing, Statlander has taken a major backseat, only appearing alongside Orange Cassidy as backup. Statlander is a talented star but if this keeps up she might just be forgotten by the fans.