Miro On Re-Signing With AEW, Says He Gave Tony Khan A Discount On His Original Contract
Miro has been in AEW since September, 2020, but recently re-signed with the company.
Back in March, Miro signed a contract extension with All Elite Wrestling. In a recent interview with Fightful, Miro talked about re-signing with the company and praised the environment that the company produces. He had this to say:
They wanted me to sign a long-term deal for a reason and I signed long-term for a reason [laughs]. It’s a place where I can be creatively free and now the ball is in my court. My boss, Tony Khan, let me have that and said, ‘Hey, go do you.’ I feel that played a big role into my decision of being here. Everybody watching AEW knows that I am a world champion. I know it. I would be short-changing myself and TK, calling that I’m not that. I walk around with that mentality as well. I don’t want to sit around a collect a check. I want to create and evolve and to become world champion. Before that, I’m focusing on the All-Atlantic Championship, which is going to be even bigger than the World Championship. I love this place, Tony Khan believes in me, he lets me do me and doesn’t have to be involved in every single thing. I love that. I love working with him, I love the company, I loved the stacked roster, the opportunity…like 99% of these people I’m fighting now is for the first time. I love those challenges. I love every single time I step foot in the ring. Sometimes I have 30-45 seconds, but I make the most of it every single time. That’s what it’s all about. It’s not just about having great matches or having 20-30 matches that are great. We only have so much television. It’s about what you do with the 30-45 seconds you have. This is where I excel the most.
– Miro via Fightful
Miro continued on, mentioning that he gave Tony Khan a discount:
I gave Tony Khan a discount. I gave him a discount and said, ‘Tony, I will sign for this money because it’s the pandemic, but after that year and a half, we’re coming strong.’ I knew that he was signing the wrong guy. He was signing the Twitch guy. He’s basing his opinions on my Twitch and that’s where the whole thing with Kip started. I knew that wasn’t me. That’s just not who I am. I knew once the year and a half was over, I was going to show him who I am and what I’m capable of and we’re going to sit down and talk like men for men’s money. That’s exactly what happened.
– Miro via Fightful
It’s good to see Miro got his man money that he wanted, but now he has his eyes set on a new prize as he battles Malakai Black, Pac & Clark Connors for the AEW All Atlantic Championship tonight (June 26) at AEW x NJPW’s Forbidden Door PPV.
H/T Fightful.
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