AEW Fight Forever doesn't use stats and overall ratings to define a wrestler's ability in the ring. The goal is to give the combatants a more even playing field and not have players selecting the same wrestlers before every match. For example, many WWE 2K23 players will usually pick Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar over the lower-rated superstars in the game.
The lack of ratings means that players can pick wrestlers with different skills and moves that suit their playing style instead of using stars with high ratings. However, exploring a wrestler's skill stats and passive buffs in AEW's wrestling game will reveal a wrestler's advantages and disadvantages in the ring. This list will explore the best male wrestling stars in AEW Fight Forever.
6 CM Punk
CM Punk is one of AEW's biggest and most controversial stars. The former AEW, WWE, and Ring of Honor champion is one of the company's biggest draws and best performers. He's currently the top wrestler for AEW Collision on Saturday Nights, a show that offers more mat-based wrestling than the acrobatic Japanese and luchador style in AEW Dynamite.
Unsurprisingly, Punk is one of the best wrestlers in AEW Fight Forever. His finisher, the Go To Sleep, has a strength rating of 5 - out of 5 - and he has maximum stats for momentum. Punk has a solid mix of action skills ranging from strike proficiency to high-flying attacks. However, Punk is one of the best wrestlers for counters and reversals, using the Desperation Impulse, Anti-Air Defense, and a range of recoil skills. Moreover, Punk has rebound attack, kick out, grit, submission toughness, and elite defense buffs.
5 Pac
The high-flying Pac from Newcastle upon Tyne in the UK is one of AEW's most intense wrestlers. He performed for the WWE, Dragon Gate, and Ring of Honor. Pac combines technical wrestling and gravity-defying high-flying attacks in the ring and is one of the most fun wrestlers in AEW Fight Forever.
While Pac lacks full marks in hits momentum stats, his signatures are rated at 4, and his two finishers are at 5. This means he can finish a match early using a combination of a signature and a finisher. Most of Pac's action skills focus on his agility, with passive stat buffs focusing on chain wrestling, kick out, elite defense, and submission specialist buffs.
4 Jon Moxley
Jon Moxley, formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE, reverted to his Combat Zone hardcore wrestling roots in AEW and quickly rose as one of the most violent wrestlers in the promotion. Moxley is the perfect wrestler for extreme no-rules type matches like the Exploding Barbed Wire, Ladder, and Lights Out matches.
His finishers, the Paradigm Shift and the Bulldog Choke have five stars and can end a match with one move or a submission. His signature move is the Gotch Style Piledriver has a four-star rating that damages the head primed for both Moxley's finishers. His anti-air defense, recoil attacks, elite defense, and submission toughness buffs make him a good counter-wrestler.
3 Bryan Danielson
Often considered the best American wrestler in the world, Bryan Danielson is a former WWE, Ring of Honor and multiple title holder in Japan. His style has been compared to Bret Hart and the Dynamite Kid, thanks to his intensity, technical ability, and believability in the ring. Unsurprisingly, Danielson is one of the best wrestlers in AEW Fight Forever.
Danielson has three five-star finishing moves, the Flying Single Leg Knee Strike, Cattle Mutilation, and the Libell Lock. His signature, the Kick Combo has a five-star rating, the Diving Headbutt is four stars, and the Triangle Choke has a three-star rating. Danielson has action skills, including stealing finishers, using springboard attacks, guardrail dives, recoil attacks, and bailouts. Moreover, he has 21 passive skills, chain wrestling, rebound buffs, kick outs, grit, brutality, submission defensive, and offensive buffs.
2 Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho is a former WCW cruiserweight, multiple-time WWE, IWGP, and AEW champion, and a literal rock star in the successful metal band Fozzy. Despite his long career, Jericho is putting on fantastic matches with upcoming stars and legends in the AEW promotion. As one of the company's biggest stars, Jericho is one of the best characters in AEW Fight Forever.
Chris Jericho has four finishers rated five stars, the Liontamer, running Judas Effect, standing Judas Effect, and the diving Judas Effect. Jericho also has four signature moves, the Code Breaker, rebound Code Breaker, and the Walls of Jericho, rated four stars. He also has the three-star rated Springboard Moonsault. All of which can end a match in multiple ways from any angle. Jericho can also steal finisher and counter with action skills like the Desperation Impulse and Bail Outs. Jericho also has 22 passive skills from chain wrestling, grit, submission toughness, down but not out, elite defense, and submission specialist buffs.
1 Kenny Omega
The best wrestler in AEW Fight Forever is Kenny Omega. His memorable performances in Japan against Kazichika Okada are considered some of the greatest of all time. He captured titles in NJPW, Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, Impact, and AEW. Gaming fans will appreciate that Kenny Omega is a video game fan taking his namesake from the Omega Weapon and his finishing move, the One-Winged Angel from the Final Fantasy series. Omega's signature move, the V-Trigger, is from the Street Fighter series. Omega even made an entrance dressed as Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7.
Omega has five finishing moves, with the One Winged Angel, Avalanche One Winged Angel, and middle rope V-Trigger having five-star ratings. The Running V-Trigger and rebound Running V-Triggers have four-star ratings. Omega has four four-star signature moves, the Powerbomb/V-Trigger Combo, Running V-Trigger, and two variations of the Snap Dragon Suplex. Finally, Omega has 23 passive skills, like chain wrestling, rebound, sprint attacks, grit, submission toughness, down but not out, and elite defense. Omega's action skills allow Omega to perform high-flying attacks and steal finishers.
AEW Fight Forever is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.