AEW Signings 2024: List of New Additions for AEW

AEW added a total of 13 significant new signings in the year 2024. Below is the updated list.

1. Deonna Purrazzo

First Appearance – Dynamite, January 3, 2024
Debut Match – vs Red Velvet, Collision, January 13, 2024

Note: Made a prior appearance as ROH contracted talent in May 2022

2. Bryan Keith

First Appearance – Collision December 16, 2024
Debut Match – vs Orange Cassidy, Collision December 16, 2024

Note: Keith was working with AEW since December 2023, but was signed in February 2024

3. Queen Aminata

First Appearance – Dark, April 7, 2021
Debut Match – vs Big Swole, Dark, April 7, 2021

Note: Aminata had been appearing in AEW & ROH since 2021, but was signed in 2024.

4. Kazuchika Okada

First Appearance – Dynamite March 6, 2024
Debut Match – The Elite(Okada, Matthew Jackson & Nicolas Jackson) vs Adrian Alanis, Jon Cruz & Liam Gray

Note: Okada made several appearances on AEW programming as NJPW talent in 2022 & 2023.

5. “The CEO” Mercedes Mone

First Appearance – Dynamite March 13, 2024
Debut Match – vs Willow Nightingale, Double or Nothing 2024

6. Hologram

First Appearance – Collision, July 20, 2024
Debut Match – vs Gringo Loco, Collision, July 20, 2024

7. Kamille

First Appearance – Dynamite Blood & Guts, July 24, 2024
Debut Match – vs Brittany Jade, Dynamite July 31, 2024

8. Ricochet

First Appearance – All In 2024
Debut Match – Casino Gauntlet Match, All In 2024

9. James Drake

First Appearance – Collision, April 27, 2024
Debut Match – Grizzled Young Veterans vs The Acclaimed, Collision, April 27, 2024

Note: Drake made several appearances on AEW programming as part of Grizzled Young Veterans before being signed in August 2024.

10. Zack Gibson

First Appearance – Collision, April 27, 2024
Debut Match – Grizzled Young Veterans vs The Acclaimed, Collision, April 27, 2024

Note: Gibson made several appearances on AEW programming as part of Grizzled Young Veterans before being signed in August 2024.

11. Shelton Benjamin

First Appearance – Dynamite, October 2, 2024
Debut Match – vs Lio Rush, Dynamite, October 16, 2024

12. MVP

First Appearance – AEW Grand Slam 2024, September 25, 2024

13. Bobby Lashley

First Appearance – Dynamite, October 30, 2024
Debut Match – vs Cheeseburger & Joe Keys, Full Gear 2024, November 23, 2024