Jade Cargill was a part of AEW from 2020 to 2023. However, when her contract with the Tony Khan-led promotion expired in September this year, she decided not to renew her contract. Thereafter, she walked into WWE. Right now, Cargill is signed to the Stamford-based promotion.
With that, AEW President Tony Khan has now opened up about Jade Cargill going from AEW to WWE. The Tony Khan-led promotion recently presented a top-notch PPV event to the fans, AEW WrestleDream. Following that, Khan appeared in the post-WrestleDream media scrum.
A dominant athlete who’s here to change the game…
Join me in welcoming the newest @WWE Superstar, @Jade_Cargill, to the @WWEUniverse. https://t.co/hBTXhPLkI7
— Triple H (@TripleH) September 26, 2023
During his appearance, he stated that he was surprised about Cargill going from AEW to WWE, despite Khan making a “very big offer“. Tony Khan talked about having a contract negotiation with Jade.
He said, “I made a very big offer, and I thought it was a very fair offer. I think she was considering it, and then she asked for a bigger offer, and then I went up again, and I kind of thought that was going to do it. Then it didn’t”.
The AEW President then went on to say that he was “surprised” and that he really hoped that Cargill would be back with AEW. However, Tony mentioned that he only has good things to say about the former star. In fact, Khan said that Cargill was a great part of AEW and would always be welcomed by the promotion.
Tony Khan asked about Jade Cargill going from AEW to WWE:
States he ‘didn’t see it coming’, says he made Jade a ‘very fair offer’, then she ‘asked for more’, he then proceeded to raise his offer & she turned that down, says it surprised him because that said offer was more than… pic.twitter.com/2azHsFxt6V
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) October 2, 2023
Thus, it seems as though Tony Khan was surprised at the fact that Jade Cargill left AEW, but he still has only good things to say about his former Superstar. It now remains to be seen if Jade will have anything to say about what Khan stated.
Tony Khan loses Jade Cargill and signs Adam Copeland to AEW all in one week
Tony Khan and his promotion have been making headlines for quite some time now. Primarily, AEW was a topic of discussion within the wrestling world when Jade Cargill announced her departure from the company. However, once again, the promotion has been making headlines because Tony Khan recently signed a huge WWE name, Adam Copeland.
WWE Hall of Famer Edge recently made his debut in AEW with the name ‘Adam Copeland’. Thus, Tony Khan lost Cargill and signed Copeland within a week. No wonder Tony Khan-led promotion has caught the attention of everyone in the wrestling world.
Tuesday September 26th 2023: WWE officially announce the signing of Jade Cargill.
Sunday October 1st 2023: AEW have signed Adam (Edge) Copeland officially.
What a week in pro-wrestling. pic.twitter.com/w1qw4z800D
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) October 2, 2023
While the AEW President was himself surprised by the departure of Jade, he decided to surprise the fans with the addition of Copeland to the AEW roster. The former WWE Superstar recently made his debut at AEW’s WrestleDream PPV event. It was a blockbuster debut and has been very well-received by the entire wrestling community.
Meanwhile, Jade Cargill is yet to make her first in-ring appearance in the Stamford-based promotion. With that, it is now to be seen how the respective promotions decide to go ahead with the newly signed members of the roster. Also, fans would be excited to see what else Tony Khan and his promotion have in store for their enthusiastic fans.