Paul Wight still wants to kick WWE’s ass, but he’s happy to see AEW and WWE working together.
Last month was John Cena month for the WWE, with the sixteen time world champion appearing on the final RAW of the month to celebrate his twentieth anniversary with the company.
On the night Cena returned, the WWE aired several video messages from Cena’s rivals in the WWE. This included Bryan Danielson, Chris Jericho and Paul Wight, all currently signed to AEW. While speaking with Riju Dasgupta, Paul Wight talked about his appearance on Monday Night RAW. Wight made it clear he wants AEW to win the ratings war with WWE.
“That was a cool situation and I am glad that WWE gave me the opportunity to say thank you to John [Cena]. It was really cool of Tony Khan to allow his contracted talent to appear on another show to say thanks. This shows a lot of class, I think on both companies.”
You know it’s great to be competitive, and at the same time you know the talent involved are also human beings and we have, I have a lot of friends still in WWE so, it’s nice to be able to, in an appropriate way to pay homage to a friend that [sic] has had such an amazing career. Don’t get me wrong, we still wanna kick their a** in ratings… I wouldn’t expect anything less from them.”
Paul Wight to Sportskeeda
Paul Wight clearly enjoyed paying tribute to an old rival, but maintains his loyalty to AEW and Tony Khan.
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