Note on Who Convinced The Kingdom To Join AEW

As previously reported, The Kingdom (Matt Taven, Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis) have all signed full-time deals with AEW. The trio recently debuted on an episode of Rampage, and Taven will challenge Wardlow on tonight’s episode. It was noted at the time that they signed deals with AEW, not ROH.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that FTR pushed for Taven, Bennett and Kanellis to join the company. There had been interest in Taven from WWE prior to this, and WWE also had conversations with the other two.