10 Wrestlers Even AEW Couldn’t Sign
8. Hulk Hogan
Leave it to Tony Khan himself to rule this one out - even if 'The Hulkster' ever fancied showing his face in All Elite Wrestling, he wouldn't make it past security according to the billionaire boss.
The president of AEW made his feelings on Hulk Hogan known following remarks made by Hulk's ex wife. Replying to an offensive (and since-deleted) tweet from Linda about riots taking place in America at the time, he said;
You’ve now joined your husband in being banned from all AEW shows. Congratulations.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) June 2, 2020
Khan's got forum form in him when it comes to taking things to Twitter, but this was a bold statement to make in politically testing times, and one he had to know he'd be held to in the years that follows. It shouldn't be too tricky. Hogan's legacy isn't really a part of AEW's DNA, but their attempts to reclaim all of wrestling history in recent years folds him back in. Never say never, but - to use the currency of contemporary parlance - remember this tweet.