10 Wrestlers AEW Stole From Under WWE's Nose
1. The Elite
Were Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks and Cody Rhodes possibly going to go to WWE before All Elite Wrestling even formed?
Probably not, but the company tried as hard as they ever had to make the move happen, possibly with some knowledge that they were stopping the formation of a competitor as well as hiring some top talents?
As Nick Jackson himself put it in "Killing The Business";
"It was a three-year deal worth millions, for each of us. On top of that, we were also given the option of signing, and if we weren't satisfied with how things were going we'd be given a special clause in our contracts that would allow us to leave the company in three months no questions asked. He also inquired about making a deal to put All In on the WWE Network...we never asked for more money or more perks...WWE seemed extremely interested in having us on their team - or were these attempts at stopping a movement before it really got started?"
In the end, it all wasn't enough - the group followed their plans all the way through, but the deal remains relatively unprecedented several years later.