Brock Lesnar is now a free agent after he and WWE could not agree terms on a new contract. AEW chairman Tony Khan refused to comment on the ‘Beast Incarnate’, possibly signing for AEW. During a media conference call on Thursday. Khan said:
“I can’t comment on that at this time. But I’ve enjoyed Brock’s work for many years. He’s a great fighter and a great wrestler. I don’t think people talk enough about what a great worker Brock Lesnar is. He’s one of the great working big men I’ve ever seen, one of the the great athletes in history of the wrestling business. I have so much respect for him. But yeah, I couldn’t comment on that.”
Many are of the opinion that Lesnar would only work for the biggest promotions in the United States, either WWE or UFC. WWE believe, that when Lesnar is ready to wrestle again he will give Vince McMahon a call, or if WWE needs Lesnar, they will give him another huge offer he won’t be able to turn down.
Of course in pro wrestling, money talks, and with the savvy businessman that Brock is, he will certainly do all he can to get as much of it as possible. AEW owner, Tony Khan’s father, Shahid is actually a lot richer than Vince McMahon. As of July 2020, Shahid’s personal net worth was $8 billion. He is the 234th richest person on the planet, where as Vince McMahon is worth 1.8 billion as of 2020. At the moment Brock has no plans to return to the UFC, or MMA at all, he actually retired from fighting a few years ago.
Chris Jericho would discuss the topic during a recent interview on the the Sports Illustrated podcast, he doesn’t believe think Brock is a free agent at all. ‘Le Champion’ would say:
“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. The amount of money it would take him to tear him away from from the world of WWE would, A, be astronomical, B, Vince will never allow it to happen and, C, I don’t know if you could make that investment back, or if it would even be worth it for AEW at this point in time or UFC, or any company other than WWE.”
Brock Lesnar is arguably the biggest box office attraction in all of wrestling. Love him or hate him, he generates huge interest, and he is a massive draw. It makes sense that Tony Khan would be tempted to go after him, however at this point, the whole wrestling world would be extremely shocked to see Brock work for any wrestling company, that isn’t WWE.
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