Tony Khan says he made two big offers to Jade Cargill.
Earlier this week it was announced that Cargill had signed for the promotion and Triple H welcomed her to the company in another social media post.
Cargill has signed a multi year deal with the company, but it is unknown if she will start in NXT or on the main roster.
During the AEW WrestleDream post-show media scrum, Khan was asked about the road up to Cargill’s departure.
“I knew Jade’s contract had been ticking down and we were talking about a new contract and I was very interested in Jade coming back and we were having a negotiation. I made a very big offer and I thought it was a very fair offer. I think she was considering it, and then she asked for a bigger offer and then I went up again, and I kind of thought that was going to do it. Then, it didn’t, which I was surprised because to be honest, I came up to a number that was higher than her original ask. I don’t know what I would have had to do at that point. I was a little surprised. I did really hope that Jade would be back. I think I tried to handle it, when we were down to the nitty gritty and we were down to the final couple of weeks and we still hadn’t agreed to something, then it was at the point where I said, ‘if you aren’t going to stay, I’m going to give you the best possible exit.’ I have only good things to say about Jade. I really enjoyed working with her. She was a great part of AEW, she is always welcome here, I tried to give her the best possible send off I could. The classiest send off I’ve ever seen in wrestling was, at the time, was when Ric Flair left the WWF. He did a match with Mr. Perfect, who was a natural person for him to wrestle, and that was it, he was gone. They didn’t do anything to embarrass him or mess him up, they let him leave, and he was still Ric Flair. He wrestled the match against the person he should have, finished up and left with not only his dignity and probably a better position than he came in. That’s what I tried to do. I wanted to give her the best possible send off,”
Jade Cargill
In a recent interview, Cargill addressed the possibility of main eventing WrestleMania with Bianca Belair in the future.
It has been reported that Jade is not making her way to WWE for financial reasons.
That being said, it has also been reported that Cargill will be on more money than usual for newcomers and will be given a focal push upon making her WWE debut.
Becky Lynch also commented on Cargill’s recent signing.
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