However, speaking exclusively to GiveMeSport, WrestleVotes has now shed more light on the matter, shooting down rumors that anyone from AEW even being considered.
“It was never on the table for it to be anybody from AEW. That that
I know for sure. They agreed to have Mickie James wearing the IMPACT title, so I know the idea was ‘if we do it in the women’s, shouldn’t we do it in the men’s?’ “
“From what I understand, a list of four or five guys was presented, and Vince didn’t like any of them, so that’s where it ended. Vince doesn’t know every single wrestler outside of the WWE, so when this list was presented, there was nothing that jumped out at him. I’m not even quite sure he recognised the four or five or six guys that they said, ‘we can probably do this.’”
WrestleVotes to GiveMeSport
It’s worthy to note that the decision from WWE to not take on someone from AEW for its “Forbidden Door” entrant into the Men’s Royal Rumble match took place under the Vince administration. Perhaps one day, Triple H may have an interest in this scenario.
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