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CLAUDIO SIGNED WITH AEW WELL BEFORE FORBIDDEN DOOR

By Mike Johnson on 2022-06-27 00:31:00

During the post-media scrum for Forbidden Door, AEW President Tony Khan noted that when Bryan Danielson suggested Claudio Castagnoli as a potential replacement for him against Zack Sabre Jr., Khan's reaction was, "That's funny as I have Claudio under contract" and that Bryan was the first person he told that to.

So, Castagnoli was already signed to the promotion when the decision was made to debut him at last night's PPV.  There is no word yet on what the length of AEW's deal with the Swiss-born star is as of this writing.

Khan issued the following after the PPV went off the air:

 

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