10 Wrestlers WWE Only Signed Because Of AEW
2. Dragon Lee
It was no secret that WWE were massively interested in signing recent AEW debutant Bandido in the wake of realising that he'd put in one hell of display opposite Chris Jericho on September 28's Dynamite without being under contract.
However, in the end, it was Tony Khan's promotion who were able to convince the former ROH star to sign on the dotted line. But the same could not be said of fellow masked sensation Dragon Lee.
Instead, after rocking up alongside Andrade El Idolo and brother RUSH in a Dynamite AEW Trios World Tag Championship tournament match against The Elite in August, WWE succeeded where they failed with Bandido and quickly set about signing the impressive high-flying performer to an NXT deal.
As it goes, AEW were said to also be interested in making Lee All Elite. Yet, upon offering him a deal, Lee soon decided that he would likely get "lost in the mix" on AEW programming at this current moment in time, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (via WrestlingInc).
So, the 27-year-old made his move to WWE official on the night of his AAA Tag Team title victory over FTR alongside Dralistico at Noche de Campeones in late December. Though said move would've likely never gone down had it not been for his Dynamite debut...