These are just the major WWE superstars to have signed on with AEW since the promotion got underway a few years back.
Brodie Lee (real name Jonathan Huber), who tragically passed away at the age of 41 in December 2020, was with WWE for a number of years before making a surprise debut in AEW earlier that year.
Watching the former Luke Harper, it was easy to tell there was something special there, even if the powers that be at WWE didn’t share the same sentiment.
Other former wrestlers and longtime WWE employees like commentator Jim Ross, and producers Jake Roberts, Arn Anderson and Dean Malenko are all working for the upstart company and giving WWE its first true competitor in nearly 20 years.