Report: AEW Offer For Edge Was “Nowhere Near” Final WWE Offer

Edge made his return to WWE at the 2020 Royal Rumble, reaching the final three before being eliminated by Roman Reigns.

He has since defeated Randy Orton in a brutal, and very long, last man standing match at WrestleMania 36. However, his return to WWE wasn’t always going to happen, as the Rated-R Superstar has admitted that he had talks with AEW before agreeing to sign for WWE again.

In the new WWE 24 documentary which focuses on Edge’s comeback (watch it, it’s really good), he explained that following his spear on Elias at SummerSlam 2019, he was contacted by “another wrestling company”, who asked him whether he might consider joining their ranks if he was cleared.

This was of course AEW, but according to Dave Meltzer, this deal was never really going to happen given the sheer difference in the amount of money the two companies were willing the throw at the WWE Hall of Famer.

You can imagine just how much Vince would have hated to see one of his biggest ever stars move to his biggest rival, so you’d think that Edge is living pretty comfortably at the moment. It is believed he is on around $3million a year, and for a veteran who likely won’t be full-time, this is an astounding amount of money.

While it would have been cool to see him in AEW, it seems as though for him, an contract from WWE was always going to be the one that got his signature.

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