Reason Behind Komander Choosing AEW Over WWE Revealed?

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Komander is All Elite, despite interest from WWE, joining Jay White as a recent signing for Tony Khan’s company.

White made his AEW in-ring debut on the April 19 episode of Dynamite, facing Komander, with Lexi Nair getting to speak to Komander post-match.

It had previously been confirmed that both WWE and AEW had an interest in the Mexican luchador, and Dave Meltzer has now explored the reasoning for Komander joining AEW.

Writing in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscription required), Meltzer states:

“This makes both Jay White and Komander in recent weeks signing with AEW over WWE, which had significant interest in both.

“Komander really made sense because AEW generally offers far more to guys of that level as WWE would be expected to put him on an NXT deal with the idea that if you do make the main roster you’ll get good money, and there’s no guarantee of that main roster, and probably not for years.

“Dragon Lee was going on the idea he’d be main roster in one year and then start making $250,000 or more , and time will tell how that plays out, but he’ll probably get more in-ring time and television in NXT.”

Dragon Lee revealed he had joined WWE back in December 2022 and it has been previously reported that he is on a “much larger than usual NXT deal”.

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