AEW recently signed a big name, as it was revealed that former WWE Champion Paul Wight had signed with the company. Wight will be doing commentary for AEW’s YouTube show AEW Dark: Elevation, and he’s also expected to get in on the action from time to time.
Paul Wight was a WWE Superstar for many years, and after AEW Revolution he talked to the media about his decision to join the company. According to Wight he received a call from Vince McMahon after he signed with AEW, and he noted that there’s no animosity between him and the Chairman of the Board.
“Vince actually called me the day that it was announced that I signed with AEW, wished me a lot of luck, I agree that I’m a huge asset at AEW, thank me for all the years that I worked in WWE. There’s no animosity, there’s no anger, there’s no dirt, so to speak. It just came down to contract negotiations and opportunities. Let’s face it, and over 20 years at WWE I have done everything there is to do and WWE. I needed a fresh start. For me, I think Vince understands that and understands that for me, as a talent, this was the opportunity to do that. But, you follow the rules.
“I couldn’t reach out to Tony Khan or AEW while I was still under contract. I came to terms with a mutual dissolution of services when I left WWE. There’s no anger. I needed the freedom to pursue different opportunities and when that contract came to an end, that was the thing where I took the leap of faith and hoped that my reputation and the industry in the work that I’ve done, would earn me a meeting with Tony Khan and just to be able to talk to him and hope that he would understand that I can be an asset for AEW and when I contract expired, I had a chance to drive up to Jacksonville and Tony and I had a meeting at 10:00 at night in his office and we talked about wrestling and psychology and what I want to do in AEW and one of the big passions that I’ve had for a long time is getting into color commentary and trying to bring my experience from the ring, like Gorilla Monsoon or Jesse Ventura would bring to commentary to bring the talent in the ring forward and help tell the stories, and also the opportunity for me to compete with some fresh talent, some people I haven’t had the opportunity to work angles with oh, some people that I can also help get better. Also, a new environment, a new place to work, helps reinvigorate yourself.”
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