Tony Khan Made Aware Of Dijak's Interest In AEW
Dijak’s interest in joining AEW known by Tony Khan
Donovan Dijak is a free agent after the official expiration of his WWE contract, with the former Retribution member strongly linked with a move to All Elite Wrestling.
Dijak was noted to have been backstage at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door on June 30, with Dijak revealing to Forbes how his visit came about, and that Tony Khan is aware of his interest in joining the promotion:
“I showed up uninvited (laughs). No, Mojo [Rawley] and Steve [Kaye] both arranged that for me. They have great connections. Steve was there with me, so he brought me along, brought me in. I don't know if anything needs to be approved by Tony specifically or if they just kind of have people going in and out. But I know that Tony has been made aware of my interest, and I know that there's reciprocal respect if nothing else,” said Dijak.
Both AEW and WWE have very loaded rosters right now, and when asked about the chances of sticking with the indies before deciding on a permanent home, Dijak confirmed it was an option:
“Yeah, so I'm investigating that and exploring it in real time. A lot of people saw the letter that I released, and that was all factually accurate. I didn't find out very, very long before that all of this was going down. So in a sense, it's on me. I should have been planning better. But the reality is I wasn't really planning for this. I was planning on re-signing a new contract and negotiating a new contract. So once this got dumped on me, it became kind of a fire sale.
“I needed to figure out what to do quickly because my last paycheque was coming up soon. So right now I've dove headfirst. My wife is helping me tremendously fill out my calendar. Like I said, my letter had my booking email on it and my phone just about exploded the second that I pushed that off.
“So I've been trying to fill dates and pieced together everything. I'm starting with the guys that I'm familiar with. I've already shown up at Blitzkrieg Pro, which was an indie that treated me well back in the day. Just got announced for Beyond, Limitless, RevPro,” said Dijak.