WWE Told Current AEW Star They Were “Average At Best”

The wrestling landscape has certainly changed over the last few years with the emergence of All Elite Wrestling, and following Tony Khan’s purchase of ROH it seems that there are plenty of options for wrestlers. But back in 2009 Brian Cage was trying to climb the ladder in WWE before the company released him.

The current AEW star recently talked about his experience with WWE during an appearance on Insight With Chris Van Vliet, and he noted that the company considered bringing him back but ultimately decided against it.

“…They were gonna put me on Tough Enough, like the first one when they brought Stone Cold back, then they took me off the list,” said Cage. “Then they came to Fresno when I was living there, and they invited me down and I thought they were gonna bring me back and they wanted me for NXT season three before it became all girls, then they change their mind on that.

And it went back-and-forth and finally, I got a message saying ‘Oh, never mind, we’re no longer interested. “And I go, ‘What do you mean? what happened?’ And they go, ‘Oh, let’s just face it, you’re average at best and we’re no longer interested’ in a text and I was so heated. I kept it as ya know, as professional as I could because I couldn’t say what I wanted to say, so I went ‘Okay, well I think you and I both know I’m better than average, I appreciate you getting back to me, maybe we’ll get a chance to work together in the future.”

H/T WrestleZone