During the go-home episode of Dynamite, Paul Wight, formally The Big Show in WWE, announced that at Revolution, another wrestler, who he referred to as Hall of Fame-worthy, would be signing with AEW. Since then, fans have been speculating on who the mystery wrestler would be, with names including CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Mark Henry, Kurt Angle, and even John Cena suggested.
Partway through the show, Wight would further tease the signing by giving a clue that he didn’t think anyone could outwork them. Then following the Face of the Revolution ladder match, the mystery man was revealed to be Christian Cage. He entered to what sounded like his old TNA entrance music and picked up a clipboard with his contract before walking to the ring. Once in the ring, he signed his contract, officially becoming an AEW wrestler, and revealed a shirt saying “OUT.WORK.EVERYONE.” He’d then promptly leave without speaking.
It was only five weeks ago when, during the men’s Royal Rumble match, Christian shocked wrestling fans by appearing at number 24. It was so unexpected because Christian hadn’t wrestled a proper match during the previous seven years due to concussion issues meaning he previously couldn’t get medically cleared to compete. Following the pay-per-view, Christian was interviewed backstage by the WWE Network and said that wrestling was what he was born to do. However, he was non-committal regarding any further matches saying, “All I was ever promised was one more match. That could be it.” Since then, it’s understood WWE and Christian were unable to agree on a deal, and Tony Khan has clearly wasted no time making the former two-time former WWE World Heavyweight Champion an offer he couldn’t refuse.
It is a bold move by Christian, as WWE would have been the safe option as that is where he built his name, and he’d be with his longtime friend Edge. However, Christian has previously shown he is not afraid to switch promotions. In 2005, he rejected a contract offer from WWE to join TNA, debuting at their Genesis pay-per-view in 2005. During his time with the promotion, he wrestled over 150 times and won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice before returning to WWE in 2009 to wrestle on their ECW brand.
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