Inaction- Roderick Strong
RODERICK(!) Strong in AEW has personality, which can easily get overlooked. I’m guilty of that. I had to cut Strong from a list of 10 wrestlers with better characters in AEW than WWE. A ring general and Messiah of the Banger match can make fans laugh. Strong also made many of us feel as he struggled to claim a solitary victory in the Continental Classic.
AEW’s slowness and refusal to allow Strong’s character to progress his arc without explanation undercuts credibility. Strong cannot sanction the Conglomeration’s buffoonery. The dynamic is funny and yet tangible. Strong is like the kid at school whose best friend has other friends in a different “gang”. He both wants to view them as beneath him and yet is jealous; he can’t admit he would like to join. At least, that’s how it seems. The payoff seems delayed. The story is told in tiny bits. Eventually, inaction will undermine the intentions.
With the feud with Death Riders seemingly wound down, the glue binding Strong and the Conglomeration loosens. Something must happen, or Strong becomes Flanderized, if arguably, Strong isn’t already. Look at that moustache. Inactivity has also been a problem for Orange Cassidy until recently. Plus, many of the wrestlers who failed to fight the Death Riders last year looked like chumps. As shown with HOOK, the meme doesn’t last forever. So please, in 2026, Roderick Strong, “C’mon conglomerate”.
