{"id":322521,"date":"2026-04-22T03:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=322521"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:50:14","slug":"biggest-winners-and-losers-of-the-week-4-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/biggest-winners-and-losers-of-the-week-4-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Winners And Losers Of The Week \u2014 4\/21\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A pair weeks ago, we debuted our recent feature, Winners and Losers of the Week.\u00a0Well, rather a lot has happened since then, including AEW Dynasty and WWE WrestleMania 42! And yes, you possibly can click those links and browse in regards to the winners and losers from each those events on their very own \u2014 but who won (or lost) the last week overall?<\/p>\n

That is the query we here at Wrestling Inc. aim to seek out out on this column. Did WWE or AEW come on on top during the last \u2014 oh, let’s call it nine days? Did anyone or anything see their stock particularly raised or lowered?\u00a0Listed here are your WINC winners and losers for the week of 4\/21\/2026!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Loser: The One-Winged Angel<\/h2>\n
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It has been a rough few days for Kenny Omega’s hyper-protected finisher. First, MJF technically kicked out of it at AEW Dynasty, though admittedly after being down for several seconds while a referee got into position to count. Then at WrestleMania, Jade Cargill broke it out during her match with Rhea Ripley, with Michael Cole referring to it because the “Sandstorm.” After which Ripley kicked out of it, too.<\/p>\n

Now, it must be mentioned that Omega \u2014 never one to fire up tribalism \u2014 appears to be high-quality with Cargill using the move, and it did technically get a WrestleMania moment, if one cares about that sort of thing. But we’re not used to 2 people kicking out of the One-Winged Angel within the space of eight days. Not less than at Dynasty there was reason for it; at WrestleMania,\u00a0Cargill used it as almost a transitional move, though it stays to be seen how often she’ll bust it out. All in all, you have got to confess it’s lost a bit little bit of luster this week, and seems just a bit bit less unstoppable than it once did.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Winner: Darby Allin<\/h2>\n
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This one is clear, but sometimes winners are. And once you beat Andrade El Idolo at Dynasty and win a world championship in your hometown, with the locker room emptying to have fun with you and a legend like Sting supplying you with his official endorsement (not that Allin did not have that already, but whatever) it’s hard to be anything.<\/p>\n

Will Allin have a very long reign as world champ? Probably not.\u00a0Most AEW fans are of the assumption this will probably be a brief run on top for Allin, who will quickly drop the title back to MJF. But AEW clearly desired to have their very own version of a WrestleMania moment this week, and Allin delivered that feel-good story \u2014 one other of the vaunted pillars capturing championship gold. Allin probably feels pretty good too, a loyal\u00a0AEW soldier being rewarded for literally planting the corporate’s flag on the best of all peaks. You would possibly not agree with the choice to crown Darby on an only-a-little-random Wednesday TV broadcast, but you possibly can’t deny him as a winner of the week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Loser: WWE (at the very least for one night)<\/h2>\n
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Regardless of how anyone tries to spin it, WrestleMania Saturday was not night for WWE \u2014 at the very least not when it comes to public perception. The matches were too short, the ads were too long, and the primary event made no sense. Afterward, the web wrestling community was ablaze with criticism<\/a>, with many calling out the show for having a soulless, corporate feel to it while highlighting celebrities like Jelly Roll and IShowSpeed over actual wrestlers. There was also a robust sense of disconnect between WrestleMania 42 Night 1 and the construct leading as much as it, as if the 2 things simply had nothing to do with one another.<\/p>\n

It’s often been said which you could tell when WWE has a rough night by the frequency of Tony\u00a0Khan’s promotional posts, and he sure was posting on Saturday.<\/a> For at the very least one night, AEW gave the look of every thing it advertises itself to be: the house of real skilled wrestling in an industry where the choice is Pat McAfee. For that to occur on the primary night of WWE’s supposed biggest event of the 12 months was nothing wanting disastrous, regardless of what the attendance figure actually was.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Winner: WWE (48 hours later)<\/h2>\n
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And yet, here we’re. For all that WrestleMania Night 1 felt like a PR nightmare, Night 2 (and the “Raw” after WrestleMania) brought WWE immediately back to the winner’s section, and albeit, it is going to be very easy for plenty of people to forget that Night 1 even happened.<\/p>\n

Night 2 was a triumph in some ways, most notably within the opener \u2014 which saw the complete ascension of white-hot recent megastar\u00a0Oba Femi, who seems to have retired the controversial Brock Lesnar \u2014 and the primary event, which was almost universally agreed to be the most effective wrestling matches WWE had placed on in recent memory.\u00a0You possibly can dispute that when you want, but the actual fact of the matter is that on\u00a0Saturday, WWE wasn’t even a wrestling promotion anymore, and on Sunday, CM Punk and Roman Reigns placed on a spectacular wrestling match that has functionally laid those accusations to rest (at the very least for now). Add to that the proven fact that the “Raw” after WrestleMania was pretty good overall, featuring quite a few “NXT” call-ups and elevating rising star Jacob Fatu into the pole position for Reigns’ newly-won World Heavyweight Championship, and Night 1 appears like a distant memory, even when the criticisms it garnered are still entirely valid.<\/p>\n

It’s all about perception, and from a perception standpoint, WWE is already back on top after stumbling briefly on Saturday.\u00a0You didn’t see any Tony\u00a0Khan promotional posts\u00a0Sunday or Monday night, and there is a reason for that.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n

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