After five years of being considered the heart and soul of AEW, fans finally decided they had enough of Jon Moxley shortly after he won the AEW World Championship and took stranglehold of AEW, alongside his Death Rider’s stable. Though well received at first, by the time Moxley’s AEW Revolution match with Adam Copeland had ended, most were ready for the Death Rider storyline to conclude right then and there. Fans were fed up with the constant run-ins and interference during Moxley’s title matches, some thought Moxley’s in-ring style as champion regressed, while others labeled it as the worst run of Moxley’s otherwise glowing career. It was a remarkable turn of events given Moxley’s previously beloved reputation amongst the AEW audience.

Ultimately, Moxley did prove to be different from the others on this list in one major regard; he got the fans back on his side. While there were still some bumps in the road following the Copeland match, Moxley’s performances were better received as the months went on, and by the time Moxley dropped the AEW World Title to “Hangman” Adam Page at All In, most fans were back to giving Moxley his due. Some even started re-evaluating the Death Riders storyline, noting that while there were rough patches, business did improve with Moxley as champion, and that his position as the cheating, unbeatable, despicable top heel had made Page’s overthrow of him that much sweeter. So in a way, it could be argued that the fans turning on Moxley wound up being a good thing, even though it did take awhile to get there.