5 Potential AEW World Champions

If you are an avid wrestling fan, you will know of AEW and its successes in its debut year of 2019. The company is headlined by top wrestlers such as Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Britt Baker, Hangman Page, Darby Allin, and more.

As a promotion, it is attempting to promote itself as an alternative to mainstream wrestling. Its top championship is the beautiful AEW World Championship, which is currently held by its inaugural champion, Chris Jericho, who has been champion for over 100 days.

AEW had Jericho win the title over Hangman Page in the first-ever title match at All Out, a not-so-shocking decision, as Jericho holding the title gives it instant prestige. Jericho is certainly a wrestling legend with many accomplishments and an absurd amount of talent. Jericho is showing up week in and week out as champion, leading a stable called The Inner Circle to help get younger talent over.

While the main event scene in AEW is still developing, it is shaping up to be an exciting divison, showcasing AEW's best wrestlers.

Here's a list of 5 potential AEW World Champions.

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#5 Jon Moxley

Moxley as the IWGP US Champion.

There is no question that Jon Moxley has made an impact in the world of professional wrestling, especially since joining AEW. Moxley is a former WWE Champion, RAW Tag Team Champion, the longest reigning US Champion (in WWE's history, dating back to 2003), IWGP US Champion, and 2-time CZW World Heavyweight Champion.

Many fans had felt that Moxley's work in WWE as Dean Ambrose had watered down his character significantly and made him nothing more than comedic relief. As someone who also did not enjoy Moxley's work as Ambrose in WWE, he's won me and many fans over and has shown what he is capable of in AEW and NJPW.

While he's a great wrestler, Moxley's true specialty is being able to turn his persona and charisma up to 11. He can become unhinged and wreck his competition in matches with insane stipulations such as death matches, steel cage matches. and barbed wire matches. His new finisher, the Paradigm Shift, is arguably one of the strongest finishers today.

Moxley is a surefire future AEW World Champion, and even if he is not the one to win the belt off of Y2J, he will hold still hold the championship sooner rather than later.

#4 MJF

MJF is only 23 years old and is already a key player for AEW.

At only 23 years old, MJF has indeed become one of the fastest rising stars in the history of professional wrestling, as he regularly reminds us. He has help championships just about everywhere he has wrestled and elicits stronger heel reactions than most in today's scene can.

MJF is a former CZW World Heavyweight Champion, the inaugaral MLW Middleweight Champion, and the current holder of the AEW Dyanmite Dozen Ring.

Where MJF's bragging rights truly lie, however, is how he commands the crowd whenever he is given a mic. He easily grasps what the crowd is like, who they are, what they like, and picks them apart. He uses his words to degrade his foes just as well as he does the fans. Even when he is facing a small ringside camera, he makes sure to let the audience at home know how much better he is than they are.

While Chris Jericho is a great inaugaral champion and a fantastic heel, MJF is sure to be the top heel in AEW and possibly professional wrestling if given the opportunity.

#3 Jungle Boy

Jungle Boy is here in AEW with the Jurassic Express.

Many fans have clamored for AEW to have homegrown talent be put over well-established names from big companies such as WWE. It seems that their wish has come true in the form of Jungle Boy.

Jungle Boy Jack Perry is the son of Luke Perry and is one of the youngest members of the AEW roster, at only 22 years old.

While he and the Jurassic Express have not been winning many matches in 2019, AEW is clearly committed to showcasing Jungle Boy and his stable's talents, putting him in a matchup against the AEW World Champion Chris Jericho on the final AEW Dynamite episode of 2019.

Although the match was not for the title, Jungle Boy had a great showcase against "Le Champion", pushing him to the limit, showing off his high flying abilities, and lasting 10 minutes in the ring with him, earning a time-limit draw.

Though it may be a while until we see Jungle Boy with the AEW World Championship around his waist, it is clear he and the Jurassic Express will be key players for AEW moving forward.

#2 Darby Allin

Darby Allin is a great example of the underdog story in wrestling.

Darby Allin has a rare gift with wrestling, which is his instant connection to the crowd, something that is paramount to getting fans behind a wrestler.

Allin, like Jungle Boy and MJF, is very young at only 22 years old. Despite his young age, he has a wealth of ability in the ring, being able to pull off daredevil high-flying moves that would take many men a lifetime of training to learn.

Allin wrestles a high octane high-flying style, a fighting tactic that allowed him to take Cody Rhodes to the limit at AEW Fyter Fest, ending the match in a time limit draw. Allin is another wrestler like Jungle Boy who can be considered to be a homegrown talent, having won only one championship on the independent circuit and only having wrestled in a handful of promotions since beginning his career.

However, his lack of championship glory does not undermine Darby Allin's talent. While he isn't an expert on the mic, his character and mannerisms are clearly that of a wrestler who knows the ins and outs of his character, and how to develop that character in front of a national audience. He has made the audience sympathize with his past and his story, coming out as an underdog fans root for.

If Darby Allin continues his excellent trajectory, he will certainly be a future AEW World Champion.

#1 Kenny Omega

"The Cleaner" Kenny Omega is the best bout machine, but will he also be AEW World Champion?

How else to end this list than with "The Cleaner" himself, Kenny Omega? Kenny has no doubt made himself out to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers, proving himself across North America, Japan, and now Mexico in AAA.

Omega has won nearly every championship in NJPW, many championships in DDT, and currently holds the top championship in AAA, the AAA Mega Championship. Kenny Omega, no matter where he goes, seems to be a surefire main eventer, wrestling phenomenal matches on a regular basis.

However, Kenny's run in AEW has been somewhat rocky. He has lost most of his big matches -- one to Chris Jericho in the first main event of an AEW show at Double or Nothing, to PAC at All Out, and then Jon Moxley at Full Gear.

Despite this, Kenny Omega still elicits a strong positive reaction from the crowd, remains a main eventer, and is a mainstay in the AEW weekly top 5 rankings.

If "The Cleaner" can clean up (pun regretfully intended) the AEW main event scene and overcome his obstacles on the path to the AEW World Championship, he will estabilish his legacy in professional wrestling for years to come.