Over the last few years fans have seen a number of former WWE stars jump ship to All Elite Wrestling, and in 2021 Paul Wight debuted with the company. Wight had worked in WWE for many years as Big Show, but it seems that it was just time for him to make a change.
The former WWE Champion recently appeared on the Deuce & Mo podcast where he explained his reasons for leaving while saying that he felt he needed to push himself.
“When you have a lot of passion and you have more things that you want to personally accomplish, sometimes taking yourself out of a very comfortable environment challenges yourself. It was more of a deep-down personal thing that I really needed to push myself to not be complacent.”
“I was very comfortable in WWE, I was treated well… [I had] great relationships with the management and production, I don’t have any hard feelings with anyone there at all.”
Wight is currently recovering from a knee replacement, but he recently named several AEW stars he would like to face when he returns to the ring, and you can get more on that here.
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