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How much early insane AEW lore do the newer fans know? Shanna trying to shoot on Leyla Hirsch (presumably because Hirsch is a Jewish lesbian and Shanna is a shoot Nazi) and failing miserably? Darius Lockhart's USB thumb drive? BALD ASSHOLES? The invoice? The Sadie Gibbs-Bea Priestley fistfight?

Bobby Fish and CM Punk's iggy? Big Biceps Tony on Impact? TK basically making the EVP titles honorary after 3 months of TV because the Bucks, Omega, Cody, and Brandi were all terrible bookers? Goldenboy? Jenn Sterger? CVV? Conrad? Trent calling Chikara a cult? Chuck Taylor and The S Word?

Paul Levesque showing Britt Baker on camera in the friends and family section at an NXT TakeOver to try to get her in trouble at AEW not realizing that TK wouldn't care? AEW then parodying it on Dynamite? Chris Cruise trying to get AEW in trouble with the Maryland State Athletic Commission?

Big Swole vs. Allie Katch? Jim Ross getting shit for allegedly getting Sonny Kiss's pronouns wrong when he wasn't at all? Bryan Danielson and flaccid penises? The Bucks lying when asked about the original AEW trademark filings while Cody blabbed to anyone who'd listen? The Toronto Star article?

Tino Sabbatelli allegedly being a WWE mole during marathon AEW Dark tapings? Chris Jericho leaving the AEW World Championship belt in a limo shortly after winning it? Everyone assuming Giancarlo secretly made the Mox prison break video while working for WWE when Mox actually hired Nick Mondo?

CIMA's Chinese acrobats being a planned fixture of Dynamite only for them to be unable to get work visas? Dragon Lee and Konnan double crossing AEW to help WWE? The amount of AEW dirt being reported dramatically shooting up when Phil signed and disappearing when he got fired? Sandbaggate?

Tony Khan bumming the stickiest of the medical icky off of Big Swole? Samuray del Sol pissing off Amanda Huber with his "Brody" post? GCW World Champion Jon Moxley? Everyone doing indie farewells because the indie booking policy kept changing? The alleged jism-covered TNT Championship belt?

Marko Stunt getting demoted to manager duty because of Twitter bullshit? Christian Cage replacing Marko Stunt without explanation? Christian Cage eventually implying on TV that Luchasaurus murdered Marko Stunt in a storyline that was completely dropped? Rampage beating SmackDown head to head?

Kenny Omega's weird anti- New Japan, Undertale-themed entrance on Dynamite when he thought that President Harold used political connections to keep him from being able to enter Japan? The AEW reality show that was supposed to largely be about Brawl Out fallout until TK changed his mind?

Ivelisse's last chance at a contract? The AEW/NWA working relationship and TK sniping at Billy? Killer Kross and Scarlett Bordeaux being the only advertised wrestlers pulled from Supercard of Honor 2022 when TK bought ROH? The early obsession with pyro and referees having striped shirts?

The Chairman and PILOT ERROR? MARK HENRY being the media person whose question prompted Cody's viral comments about race? Mark Henry openly giving TK his phone number in front of everyone while working for WWE because he said he could do whatever he wanted? AEW buying out MLW contracts?

The first full capacity crowd AEW match since lockdown being for the NWA World Women's Championship? Thunder Rosa technically being on loan from the NWA forever before actually signing with AEW? CM Punk leaving Brock Lesnar Guy hanging at The First Dance? Early Rampage being The CM Punk Show?

Ric Flair's Last Match being headlined by a match with AEW wrestlers and a then-WWE executive? That show featuring the announcing team of Tony Schiavone, David Crockett, and Dave Prazak for the battle royal? Mance Warner getting an AEW Title shot for winning said battle royal then disappearing?

Sammy and Pam? The prevalence of the #AEWDyanmite hashtag? The intergender match from the 2020 Jericho Cruise airing on Dark despite being shot on Brandon Cutler's phone? Tony Khan's Twitter botting study? Press conferences not having water for the media for the first several years AEW existed?

That one person on Twitter who was convinced that Renee and Mox had a FAKE BABY? Bill Regal carnying his release out of TK? Bret Hart falling off the stage? Chasyn Rance trying to make people think that AEW rented his ring for the Sting cinematic match despite being over 400 miles from Orlando?

Jericho and Omega calling spots so loudly in the main event of the first Double or Nothing that it was audible in the media section halfway up the lower bowl seats? Nightmare Family member Rosario Dawson? Big Cass having a psychotic break and trying to murder Janela right before the 1st Dynamite?

Janelaope having to split up as an act after already having broken up as a couple because Penelope was so in love with Kip that she constantly had to post about him? Penelope being lucky that her new beau/future husband had a nickname that allowed her to only slightly change her nickname/music?

Cody's promo Re: having solved racism that led to years of Cody Raheem Rhodes and Cody Devante Rhodes jokes? Vaccine cards theoretically being required for the first Grand Slam but most of the venue staff not caring? Arthur Ashe Stadium staff being shocked that wrestling fans enjoy food and drink?

Conrad Thompson being added to the roster page and then politely asking TK to remove him? Color Analyst Alex Marvez? Jacksonville Dixie? Dakota Kai being almost as good as signed and then going back to WWE when Paul took over? Darby getting a loan to buy out his Evolve contract?

The Suzuki Incident? TK licensing the original Troggs version of Wild Thing for Mox's match with Yuji Nagata and Mox's face when the piccolo solo hit? The Matt Travis tribute match? Joey Ryan letting the entire indie scene believe that working BAR Wrestling was the key to getting noticed by AEW?

Punk trying to sandbag the Collision premiere so much they took him off the promotional pics? Punk Instagram post whining about hangman being too rough, then deleting it?

I don't remember the IG post

Cody's last AEW promo with the "hiptoss class" joke about reDRagon, the "AVOID AVOID AVOID" line about the Lethal Injection, and other insanity? WHAT IS LOVE? (Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!) Mal Black developing mysterious ailments every time he thought he'd be asked to lose?

Ben Carter's two-match AEW run while he was trying to get a contract and a work visa? The Warhorse? All Out 2020 being by far the worst PPV in company history? The inexplicable 20 minute Hangman-Kip Sabian match? The press conference where Jeff Jones accidentally switched the feed to his webcam?