I’m just saying there comes a point in a talent’s life where you have to do what’s best for yourself mentally. It’s not about the the financial dollar and all that kind of stuff, not saying that I’m not making it great. I’m blown away by the deal that I got here [in AEW].
So somebody named Chris Irvine must have put in a good word for me because I’m blown away by the way Tony [Khan] has treated me, the way AEW’s treating me. The opportunity for me to do so many things between create shows and work with TNT and some other stuff.
There’s a lot of big stuff happening now. It’s so surreal to me because a lot of those opportunities were denied to me before because I wasn’t in that wheelhouse. I wasn’t John Cena. I wasn’t Triple H. I wasn’t who they wanted those opportunities for.
It was really interesting because I started talking to Tony after my contract expired because I waited until I was done with WWE before I reached out. I needed to make it clear to Tony because there were things in the past where people would try to come over here and then they would go back.
I wanted Tony to know that my intent was I was coming here, and I wanted to be here and if it worked out with him and I, but I was free in the clear to come here.
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