AEW Out-Bid WWE For Daniel Garcia

Daniel Garcia is staying with AEW.

On the October 8th episode of Dynamite, Daniel Garcia announced that he’s staying with AEW. The news came after several months of speculation regarding his status which only intensified when Garcia disappeared from television after All Out, and just weeks before his old deal was set to expire.

During this period it was reported that AEW was losing confidence in keeping Garcia in the company. While it had also become something of an open secret that WWE has an interest in Daniel Garcia.

During a passionate promo on Dynamite, Garcia said he’s one of the best wrestlers in the world and it’s only right that he stay where the best wrestle. He went on to put every AEW champion on notice.

AEW Made Big Offer To Daniel Garcia

Reporting in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer stated that AEW offered a “significantly higher” deal to keep Garcia away from WWE.

Daniel Garcia signed a new multi-year deal here. He announced this on Dynamite and Khan, when asked about it, said they were closing negotiations over the weekend. The way he explained it on the air and Khan as well was that it was a hard decision. Those in WWE said more than a month back that the AEW deal was significantly higher and they expected he would take it.

But he was obviously going back-and-forth because the story was he would have beaten MJF, since MJF was leaving and he was staying, but they didn’t want him to win unless he signed the long-term deal, which he didn’t do.

Meanwhile, it was reported by PW Nexus that Garcia has landed a heft pay rise after signing a new deal.