Brock Lesnar has been one of WWE’s top stars for many years, but it was recently reported that The Beast’s contract expired, which makes him a free agent.
Naturally when news of his free agent status hit the internet fans began talking about the possibility of Brock Lesnar jumping ship to AEW.
However, former AEW World Champion Chris Jericho isn’t so sure about Brock’s free agent status, as he recently explained to Gary Cassidy of Sportskeeda why he doesn’t think Lesnar will be leaving WWE.
“The only reason why the rumor’s there is somebody said “free agent”. I don’t think he’s really a free agent at all. I think it would take so much money to pry him away from Vince McMahon on Brock’s end and then for Vince to approve that. I mean, Vince has two billion dollars in the bank. What are you going to spend on Brock Lesnar that Vince isn’t going to match? And Vince and Brock have a strange love affair, to begin with.”
“So would Brock fit in at AEW? Would he pay back his salary that you would pay him to be in AEW? Who’s to say, but I think UFC, AEW… I think it’s just another one of the dances that Vince and Brock like to have where Brock’s contract expires, Vince lets it expire, and then they stay away from each other until the next Saudi Arabia show or the next show that has people in the crowd, or WrestleMania, whatever it may be. So I don’t think Brock is really a free agent in the sense of the word, I just think he’s like currently not under contract right now.”
At this point it’s not clear when, or if, Brock Lesnar will be returning to the ring, but it doesn’t sound like Chris Jericho is expecting to see him in AEW.
