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By Shiven Sachdeva

Modified Jul 10, 2020 08:47 GMT

#2 Jim Ross reveals WWE was trying to prevent AEW from signing Superstars

While speaking on his podcast - Grilling JR - Jim Ross talked about how WWE tried to thwart AEW when the company was trying to establish itself.

Jim Ross has worked with WWE for a number of years and was known as the voice of WWE. He is currently an announcer on AEW. Here is what Jim Ross revealed about WWE trying to sign every free agent so they couldn't join AEW:

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They were hiring every piece of talent they could hire because speculation said they didn't want them to go to AEW." At the end of the day, Vince's net worth is a little over 2 billion and Mr. Khans net worth is 8.2 billion, so you don't want to see who has the biggest bank account, that would be silly." (h/t Wrestling Inc)

AEW have established themselves as the second biggest wrestling promotion in short time. The company now boasts of a huge roster including former WWE Superstars such as Chris Jericho, Cody, Jon Moxley and Matt Hardy among others.

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Shiven Sachdeva is a WWE writer who has been with Sportskeeda for over eight years. He is an alumnus of IIT-R and holds a Master's Degree in Commerce. His love for writing and pro wrestling led him to become a writer. Shiven has interviewed multiple top WWE stars, including former champions Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch, and Seth Rollins, to name a few.

Shiven thoroughly researches the news and stories and enjoys reporting roundups and news to help give his audience an accurate view of all the important happenings in the world of pro wrestling. He has one of the highest average reads on the website and holds the distinction of garnering a 100M reads in under 2000 articles.

Two of his favorite WWE Superstars are Shawn Michaels and Drew McIntyre. If he could go back to the Attitude Era, Shiven asserts that he would reinstate Michaels as the leader of DX instead of Triple H.

Shiven also enjoys watching and taking part in Theatre in his free time.

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