Paul Wight, formerly known as, the Big Show in WWE, has signed with All Elite Wrestling. Wight has signed long term and will be an advisor, a wrestler, and also a commentator.
Chris Jericho spoke to Brandon Walker on Rasslin’ and discussed if he believes AEW is signing former WWE or WCW talent just because WWE and WCW were former rivals.
Jericho had this to say when asked about AEW signing former WWE guys and specifically Paul Wight:
“People say to me, ‘you can’t sign all these WWE cast-offs.’ We really haven’t. If you look when there was the big purge last year, I don’t think we hired any of those guys. Nothing against them. A guy like Big Show transcends that. He’s one of the most recognizable pro wrestlers in the world. When you’re dealing with a new company, if we want to try and get a TV deal in India for example, who is on the show? Chris Jericho, we know him. Sting, we know him. Paul Wight, we know him. Those are the guys that can open the door to get people’s eyeballs on Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks, Darby [Allin], Cody, Ricky Starks. He is super valuable in that he has the one thing you can’t teach — two things, because you can’t teach someone how to be a giant — but you can’t teach someone experience. We have a lot of big guys on our roster and Paul can help with that. He can also be very funny and charming. A motivated Paul Wight is very dangerous. He doesn’t have to wrestle every week, nor should he, but when he gets the call and wants to be there and prove what he can do, he’s one of the best big man workers who has ever lived. He’s a great signing for AEW and anyone who doesn’t know for sure will have their minds changed very quickly.”
Paul Wight is scheduled to make his first AEW Dynamite appearance this upcoming Wednesday.
Credit to Brandon Walker on Rasslin’ and H/T to Fightful for the transcription.
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