WWE Talent Backstage Reaction To Claudio Castagnoli Joining AEW Revealed

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Arguably the biggest shock at this past weekend’s AEW x Forbidden Door was the debut of Claudio Castagnoli, who most will know as Cesaro in WWE.

Castagnoli took Bryan Danielson’s place in a match with Zack Sabre Jr. after Danielson was not medically cleared to compete, and was a big part of his team winning this Wednesday’s Blood & Guts match.

Writing in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer revealed how his debut was received backstage in WWE.

He wrote:

“A lot of talent in WWE was shocked that Castagnoli signed with AEW, based on the size of the offer WWE gave him. It was noted that this wasn’t a big deal with fans, but was a very big deal with a lot of the talent. The feeling is AEW must have matched or topped it and in WWE, the feeling was that AEW was no longer doing that and that Castagnoli could have made a very substantial amount of money in WWE even though there was little chance of a push.”

Several prominent WWE stars, including Becky Lynch and Xavier Woods, publicly congratulated Claudio for his debut on Twitter, so at least plenty of his former colleagues are very happy for him.

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