Former WWE Stars Have Had Talks With AEW

These ex-WWE stars have held talks with AEW and ROH.

by Andrew Pollard
Mace Mansoor Maximum Male Models
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Following previous rumblings that they've been in attendance for certain AEW shows, Fightful Select reports that Mansoor and Mason Madden have had talks with AEW/ROH.

Specifically, Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp notes that the discussions, while not definite, have been more focussed on the former Maximum Male Models being used on the Ring of Honor brand. No deal has been agreed between the parties as of this writing, but "materials" have been prepared should the two indeed end up working some ROH dates.

Nowadays known collectively as MxM, the one-time ma.çé and mån.sôör were released by WWE back in September. In the time since then, be that as singles acts or a tag team, the pair have worked for various independent promotions and even made a surprise appearance for Uganda's Soft Ground Wrestling, where they subsequently helped raise funds for that promotion.

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Previously, Mansoor was backstage for a Los Angeles-held AEW Dynamite in May, while both Mansoor and Mason Madden were at an AEW Collision taping earlier this month.

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