There’s only 5 former AEW “defectors” you can say this about: Jade, May, Starks, Fenix and Penta.
It took them almost 2 years to book Jade right, and so far it’s only been 1 match.
Starks and May, at this point we shouldn’t even count NXT because it’s a given that decent named talent will do fine there; the main roster is what matters.
Fenix and Penta, last I saw they were just lower/midcard acts. Penta is over, so that’s a positive. Not sure about Fenix.
I’m not even including Pillman Je because he’s irrelevant.