AEW has brought in several former WWE stars since launching the promotion in 2019. However, the free agent signings have picked up over the last year with WWE releasing so many stars.
Wardlow recently spoke with The Wrestling Inc. Daily about Keith Lee being one of the more recent former WWE signings:
“He’s just another body that I’ve got to go through. I know he did great things elsewhere, but he’s here now,” Wardlow said. “So, I don’t care what you’re name is, I don’t care where you came from. You’re in my world now. Cool, if he can bring some new fans to the product, awesome. But things are a little different in AEW, and he’s going to find that out.”
Wardlow noted that he thinks AEW signing Adam Cole was a move:
“You know, acquiring someone like an Adam Cole is huge for us,” he stated. “Now I will say, being an AEW original, these guys coming in from the other place, and taking spots, you know, that’s something that gives me a little extra motivation when I am laying in those powerbombs. To remind everyone whose house it really is.”
