EXCLUSIVE: Trent Seven Reveals He Was 'Incredibly Close' To Signing With AEW

In another universe, Trent Seven might have become All Elite. 

The former WWE NXT Tag Team Champion made a couple of appearances for All Elite Wrestling in December 2022, first aligning with Kip Sabian before he turned on his fellow Brit and linked up with Orange Cassidy and Best Friends. A future ROH Pure Title match for Seven was also teased at one point but the former NXT UK talent would only work one AEW/ROH date in 2023, losing a Six-Man Mayhem Match at the June 29 taping of ROH TV. 

Speaking exclusively with Tom Campbell of Cultaholic Wrestling, Seven revealed he was "incredibly close" at one point to signing with All Elite Wrestling but he fell "to the bottom of the thinking pile."

"You go in there with all guns blazing and you just have to give everything. There was at one point where it was incredibly close to inking something but sometimes things just don't work out. Sometimes people are doing whatever they're doing backstage and you're trying to plan shows selling out Wembley. Sometimes some people's names fall to the bottom of the thinking pile. But so be it, man. I couldn't look back on the last 15 months and be prouder. The way it's worked out, the peaks and the troughs, it now feels like I've found a home," Seven stated. 

That "home" for Trent Seven is TNA Wrestling and the 42-year-old made his TNA debut at Final Resolution, making a surprise appearance to team with "Speedball" Mike Bailey to defeat The Rascalz. Seven then signed his TNA contract on Bailey's back. 

Seven revealed how his TNA signing came together, adding: "We've been speaking for a few weeks now. Kind of just piecing things together and making sure everything worked out. A lot of times in this industry and the entertainment industry it's about saying the right thing, being in the right place at the right time, doing the right stuff, looking the right way. There's a lot of things that have to link up for these things to happen and that's what it was. It was just the right place, right time, right decision. A million and 10 things lit up, evolving on the day and just kind of continuously evolving and luckily we got to deliver the fans with a real professional wrestling exciting secret. I just love it when wrestling happens like that."

IMPACT Wrestling will officially become TNA Wrestling once again from the Hard to Kill pay-per-view on January 13, 2024.