AEW Star Was Offered WWE Tryout After Signing With AEW

AEW Star Was Offered WWE Tryout After Signing With AEW

An All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star has revealed that shortly after he signed with the promotion, WWE approached him and offered him a tryout.

The guests on the most recent edition of the AEW Unrestricted podcast were Dark Order members John Silver and Alex Reynolds.

The pair had worked as a tag team before joining AEW on the indies, and were used as enhancement talent for WWE as recently as September 2019.

Speaking about that, Reynolds said:

“That was just wild. At that time, It was always cool doing extra work for WWE, but both of us had done it for so long that you know what to expect. You’re going in. You’re going to eat catering. Maybe you do something. Maybe you don’t, whatever. It’s just uncomfortable, but when they’re like, ‘Oh, it’s at MSG.’ It’s like, ‘Oh I want this one. We’re not passing that one up,’ and then earlier in the day, we kind of had matches beforehand, So John and I just wrestled each other.

“And they just pulled us both aside and were like, ‘Hey, it’s gonna be you guys vs. Heavy Machinery.’ For Long Island guys, wrestling in Madison Square Garden, [it’s a big deal]. It’s wild, and the coolest moment for me was like, it’s SmackDown, you’re nervous, you want to make sure you’re doing it right and I remember John kind of elbowed me while the ring was dark. And he’s just like, ‘This is pretty cool.’ I looked around [and] looked where I was sitting at WrestleMania 20 [which was held at Madison Square Garden]. I was like, ‘Yeah, this is pretty cool.’ It was just a cool moment.”

When asked if they’d ever been offered a contract by WWE, Silver replied:

“No, but after I signed here, they hit me up to do a tryout.”

Quotes via Wrestling Inc

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3 years ago by Liam Winnard

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