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#7 Austin Aries: Impact Wrestling World Champion (Impact/GFW)
The Greatest Man who Ever Lived has made a huge impact...no pun intended...upon his release from WWE.
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Austin's grades:
A top AEW star just called one of his colleagues 'spoiled' and 'narcissistic' HERE.
Dominance: Aries spent the entire summer as Impact's big belt champion, the only person on our list to do so. Grade: A+
Contenders: Aries defended his belt against Rich Swann, Dustin Cameron, Falah Bahn and Eddie Edwards, a list of worthy foes. Grade: A+
Talent: Austin Aries is always in the discussion when the topic of 'world's greatest wrestler' is brought up, and for good reason. Grade: A+
Popularity/Marketability: Among wrestling fandom, Aries is insanely popular as his belt collection can attest. However, almost no one has ever heard of him outside of pro wrestling. Grade: B
Overall Grade: A Austin really couldn't have performed better this summer.
