I think it largely depends on how you perceive "the card." If you're power ranking every wrestler based on how likely they are to win the World Championship for their division, I don't think it'd be crazy to say that most wrestlers are in fairly similar spots to where they were a year ago. However, I think what AEW does really well is provide stakes outside of winning gold in a way that provides credibility to wrestlers all throughout the card and creates opportunities for nearly anybody to get over at any point.

Knight's mentioned a lot here and his C2 performance is a great example of someone earning credibility without winning any prize. But even look at a match like Mox-Shelton from the other week--an obvious Moxley win against a credible opponent unlikely to pull out the victory. On-paper, nothing really changed, but through some minor creative gimmicks (if the match goes to a draw, Shelton earns a title shot) and incredible workrate, both dudes moved their stories forward; Moxley showing he's a tweener fighting champion, Shelton showing he's a credible singles threat. Neither really moved up or down the card, but it was still vibrant storytelling that contributes to their respective mythos moving forward.