AEW News Roundup - WWE's offer to a 33-year-old star, Retired name tipped to return, Manager makes big comments on Dominik Mysterio (21st June 2021)
Welcome back to another incredibly stacked edition of Sportskeeda Wrestling's AEW News Roundup. We've got several stories to discuss today, and we begin with WWE's apparent interest in a respected AEW star.
WWE had an interesting offer for him, and all the details have been covered in today's lineup. Matt Hardy also talked about a recent retirement and why he thinks the highly-rated star will compete again.
Moving on, Vickie Guerrero opened up about Dominik Mysterio's evolution in wrestling and how the SmackDown star handled the custody storyline in WWE.
Ever wondered why AEW didn't adopt the ThunderDome concept? Tony Khan spoke at length about his company's decision to stay away from the presentation style mentioned above.
We ended the roundup with AEW's Bunny expressing her desire to see her former partner from TNA at AEW.
#5 AEW's Evil Uno talks about receiving a WWE tryout offer
Evil Uno is presently one of the most prominent members of AEW's Dark Order, and the 33-year-old star has enjoyed a solid run since joining Tony Khan's company.
The Canadian pro wrestler appeared on the Talk is Jericho podcast and revealed that he received a WWE Tryout offer only after signing an AEW contract.
Uno explained that he never saw himself joining Vince McMahon's promotion as he considered himself an oddly unique performer who didn't necessarily fit the WWE mold. Evil Uno admitted that getting into WWE was never his goal, to begin with, as he had something else in mind for his gimmick.
"Surprisingly enough, the only tryout offer I got was once I was offered a contract here," Uno noted. "I never seeked for it either. In my first, I'd say nine years; I just thought it was an impossible feat because I wasn't ginormous. I'm a little masked guy who's a video game character, and I'm from Canada. So in my mind, I was like, that's not even my goal because I had instilled in my brain as a kid that I'm a kid and I can't get there."
WWE's interest might not have even mattered as Evil Uno is willing to carve out a different direction in his career, and he seems to have settled down well in AEW as a founding member of The Dark Order.