Every Member Of AEW's Dark Order, Ranked From Worst To Best
The Dark Order made its debut in AEW in 2019, the first year of the show's existence. This debut happened when the tag team formerly known as the Super Smash Brothers showed up with the new name and many minions known as Creepers slithered about, interfering in their matches.RELATED: AEW: The 5 Best Young Stars & The 5 Best VeteransThe leader of The Dark Order was a mystery for much of 2019 and into 2020, and finally, it paid off with a former WWE Superstar showing up as the Exalted One. This was the former Luke Harper, now using his former indie name of Brodie Lee, and the group started to take even greater form. With Lee as the reigning and defending TNT Champion, who can stop The Dark Order from indoctrinating AEW?Updated on December 20th, 2021, by Shawn S. Lealos: A lot has happened to The Dark Order since its inception. The group introduced Brodie Lee as its leader and then he tragically died in 2020. The group moved on and worked to honor his memory. Along the way, they picked up a relationship with Adam Page, and while the Hangman never joined, they became close friends with him and were there to help him celebrate his big world title win. Heading into 2022, there is a little concern on how much longer The Dark Order will survive, but for now, they are still one of AEW's most popular factions, with some future stars as part of the group.
10 Honorable Mention: Negative One
When Brodie Lee passed away, AEW did something very kind and considerate. They ensured that his family would be taken care of and signed his young son Brodie Lee Jr. to a contract and called him Negative One. He then came out and cut promos and spent time with The Dark Order.
Brodie Lee Jr. is an official member of The Dark Order, but he is not a professional wrestler and won't be for a long time, if at all. However, as part of the group, he deserves recognition and is one of the most beloved members of the unit thanks to his dad's memory.
9 Alan Angels
There are a few people in The Dark Order that are not much more than jobbers, although they have possible futures in the business. The least experienced member of The Dark Order is Alan Angels.
He is only 23-years-old, so he has time to improve and move up. His trainer was AR Fox, and he has been wrestling since 2016. He was the ninth member to join the group, joining up on June 5, 2020. While he has an overall losing record, he still has 23 wins since entering AEW.
8 Preston Vance
Preston Vance is known as Ten (which is a play on his name Pres10), he has wrestled more than almost anyone in the group outside of Stu Grayson and Evil Uno. He even got a chance to wrestle against AEW World Champion Jon Moxley and had an opportunity to show his stuff in that match.
Vance worked as Cody Vance in NXT in 2018 and on WWE's main roster in 2019 as an extra before moving to AEW. Preston got a huge chance to shine when he picked up a pinfall win on the Brodie Lee Memorial Show. Preston actually has an impressive record compared to other members, with 44 wins and only 16 losses as of December 2021.
7 Alex Reynolds
Alex Reynolds was one-half of The Beaver Boys with John Silver. He is the taller guy, standing six-foot-four and weighing in at 196 pounds. He and Silver worked in EVOLVE and even got a chance to be jobbers in WWE.
RELATED: 5 AEW Vs. WWE Matches Which Would Be Awesome (& 5 Which Would Be Terrible)The two have held titles in CZW and PWG, serving as tag champs in each promotion one time each. While Reynolds is the bigger guy and looks more like a wrestler, it is Silver that is the better in-ring wrestler of the two, and much more over with the fans.
6 Anna Jay
Anna Jay is the first woman to join The Dark Order. She was one of the most recent wrestlers to join the group, as she signed up and joined on July 29, 2020. She was someone who wasn't sure at first if she wanted to join, but she became all in 100-percent.
She proved her worth when Brodie Lee destroyed Cody Rhodes and when Brandi Rhodes came out to try to shield her husband, Anna Jay came out and picked her up and destroyed Brandi. Jay also convinced her tag team partner Tay Conti to work with The Dark Order as an associate, but she never officially joined the group.
5 Colt Cabana
A long-time fan favorite and comedy wrestler, Colt "Boom Boom" Cabana was always one of the top indie names since he and his former best friend CM Punk broke into the business out of Chicago.
Cabana was on a losing streak in AEW, and he needed help. That is when The Dark Order started trying to convince him to join. He finally took the offer from Brodie Lee and joined the group. Since joining, Cabana has won a lot more and surprisingly became a top member of the group.
4 John Silver
John Silver is one-half of the Beaver Boys on the indie scene. Silver is the smaller guy, standing at five-foot-four and only weighing 149 pounds. He went from the guy that Brodie Lee slapped around to become one of the most popular members of The Dark Order for fans.
RELATED: 10 WWE & AEW Stars Who You Didn't Know Were Actually Great FriendsAs a tag team with Alex Reynolds, he has worked on the indie scene with some time in EVOLVE. He even got a chance to work in WWE as he and Reynolds jobbed out to Heavy Machinery in 2019. Since joining AEW, Silver and Reynolds have worked as a team but as jobbers.
3 Evil Uno
The founding members of The Dark Order were the tag team of Evil Uno and Stu Grayson. This tag team was very successful before coming into AEW, as they worked as Super Smash Brothers in various promotions, and Evil Uno was known as Player Uno at that time. They won titles in Chikara and have been a consistent tag team in AEW, despite having limited tag matches on Dynamite or Rampage. As of December 2020, Evil Uno hit 50 wins in his AEW career. Up until recently, Evil Uno was the voice of The Dark Order, although he has since stepped back from that role somewhat.
2 Stu Grayson
Stu Grayson was a successful tag team wrestler before he entered AEW, as he and Evil Uno were a tag team in the indies known as Super Smash Brothers. He was known at the time as Player Dos, as he and Evil Uno were a team that paid homage to video games. At the age of 32, Grayson has had success in Chikara, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Dragon Gate USA.
The duo was one of AEW's better tag teams although they mostly compete in multi-men matches. Stu Grayson is the more athletic of his tag team, and has won over 50 matches since arriving in AEW.
1 Brodie Lee
Easily the best member The Dark Order ever had was its original leader, Brodie Lee. He got his start in the indies, working for Chikara, Ring of Honor, and Dragon Gate. In 2014, he joined WWE and won the IC Title and three tag team titles there. He is the only wrestler in The Dark Order that made it big in WWE.
He got a quick world title shot in AEW, but he lost. However, Lee didn't let that hold him back and ended up destroying Cody Rhodes to win the TNT Championship, bringing the first title to The Dark Order. Sadly, Brodie Lee died in 2020 at the age of 41, but he remains the greatest wrestler to ever compete as part of The Dark Order.
