AEW Star Reacts To WWE ID Program

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A current AEW name has reacted to the recently announced WWE ID program which looks to recruit and sign wrestlers from the independent scene.

With the new program in progress and several independent stars from multiple promotions confirmed, one professional wrestling veteran is supportive of the idea.

On his Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross shared his thoughts on the new WWE program, saying:

“Yes, and I think it’s about time. Vince [McMahon] was never very motivated to invest time and money in supporting the indies.

“It was just — I remember the conversation we had. It was simply, ‘Well Vince, where do you think we got all these other guys?’

“We had some college guys as you know, but we had a lot of diversity. You get diversity via selection. It’s just a crazy deal, you want different personalities, you want different body types, you want different ethnicities.”

“Well, you’re not really eliminating it because if you don’t sign a contract and you got a maybe a letter of agreement or something casual, I can see that being a good recruiting tool because then guys build their confidence, they build their self esteem, they got a WWE deal in the works.

“They’d be stupid to sign a contract that prohibits them from wrestling for another company. Don’t do that, that don’t make any sense. But having that WWE offer or agreement, that’s good for those guys. It’s good for the talent.”

Jim Ross continues to appear in AEW on commentary for major matches and pay-per-view events, most recently during Bryan Danielson’s last match at AEW WrestleDream.

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