Shane McMahon has been allegedly looking into interest from AEW about working together.
The son of Vince McMahon was last seen on WWE programming at WrestleMania 39 when he suffered a torn quad in a match on the show that featured The Miz working an impromptu match against McMahon thanks to co-host Snoop Dogg setting up the match. Since Mania, there has been no talk about using him on WWE television, especially since Vince is no longer with the company.
Jim Ross first brought up the possibility of Shane coming to AEW as the topic came up on his Grilling JR podcast during a Q&A where he stated that McMahon in the promotion would be so crazy that it just might work.
While speaking on the latest Grilling JR, Ross’ co-host Conrad Thompson said that he heard from a friend who told him that it’s not as far-fetched as people think, as Shane has reached out for hypothetical interest.
Conrad said, “Last week, we got a lot of chatter online about some of the things we talked about. One conversation in particular really stuck out, and people were talking about it. It was about the idea of Shane McMahon possibly working with WWE. If you recall, you said, ‘It’s so crazy to think it might work depending on how it was positioned or introduced. Shane called me the other day. He’s called two or three times, which I appreciate. He’s always been sensitive in that respect. That’s only a question that Shane can answer. Shane and Tony being together, how would that work creatively? Heck, who knows, it might be great.’ I saw a few fans, one in particular, who thought this was the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard. One guy in particular said, ‘JR is f**king senile now.’ I took issue with that. I engaged a little with that. There was a friend of ours, I shouldn’t say their name, but he went out of his way to text me and say, ‘Hey, that’s not as crazy as you think. I know for sure that Shane McMahon has reached out to wrestlers on the AEW roster to at least hypothetically discuss the idea.’ Are we saying that’s going to happen? No, but we are saying it’s not that crazy of an idea. It could happen.”
I got to sit down with @JRsBBQ yesterday and JR wanted to talk about the state of the business – so that's what we did.
The Voice of Wrestling discussed a lot of things – including Shane McMahon in AEW?
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On the latest Grilling JR podcast, Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson followed up on the idea of Shane McMahon going to AEW. Conrad read a text from a friend who told him that it’s not as far fetched as people think. He’s not saying it will happen but it’s not impossible. pic.twitter.com/T1fEXSU9Oz
— Wrestling News (@WrestlingNewsCo) June 20, 2024
Neither Shane nor Tony Khan have yet to publicly comment on it.
