Eddie Kingston debuted in AEW back in July 2020. He challenged Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship, where he ended up losing the match. Kingston eventually joined AEW, but he was also offered a contract by WWE before that.
Kingston spoke to Renee Paquette on her Oral Sessions podcast, where he revealed why he decided to work in AEW and not WWE. He noted that his mother was the deciding factor in the end. His mother told Kingston that he would not be happy working in WWE.
“Well, actually, I talked to Christopher Daniels. They offered me the deal and then I listened to the other side, I guess we call them. I was just weighing options. Then my mother goes, ‘You won’t be happy over there. Trust me’.”
Paquette then asked Kingston why his mother thought that to which Kingston replied his mother knows him better than anyone else.
He then explained how there is a lot more heart in AEW and he gets to work with people who love pro wrestling as much as he does.
“Who knows me better than my mother? Bottom line with the whole thing is, I know more people at AEW. I know there’s a lot more heart there. I think for her, that’s what she thought she was like, I’m gonna be with people who love it just as much as I do.”
Kingston is one of the best talkers in AEW and his signing was one of the best for the company.
