Tony Nese Reportedly Signs Contract with AEW

Former WWE talent Tony Nese has made several apperances throughout this past week on AEW Dynamite shows as a member of the crowd. Nese first appeared during the October 23rd episode of Dynamite and was called “one of the hottest free agents” by AEW’s commentary team.

Dave Meltzer reported in a recent episode of the Wrestling Observer Radio that Nese signed an official contract with AEW following his appearance during this past Saturday’s episode of Dynamite. Meltzer reported that Nese made his in-ring debut for the company this past Sunday during their set of television tapings for their AEW Dark series at the Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida.

A recent episode of the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast had Nese as the guest and one of the topics discussed included Nese confirming that he has signed an official deal with AEW.

“This is awesome. It’s been a blessing …

I got invited to go and it was like, ‘Hey, would you like to come down to Orlando, we know you’re in Orlando as well.’ ‘Yes, absolutely.’ I had been there earlier. During my 90-day non-compete I went there as a guest just to hang out with my friends. In that company, I have tons of friends and people I’ve traveled with a lot on the Independents, so I just went to visit. Everyone was super cool and super nice and it was definitely a good place and I think people liked me. Then they invited me to Orlando and it was literally like 10 minutes before they went live and they pulled me aside and were like, ‘Hey, would you be cool to site out in the crowd and we keep showing you on camera?’ I was like, ‘Yeah, why not? TV time? I’ll take it.’ I just sat out there and when they asked me at first I was laughing like, ‘is the house low? do you need me out there cheering or something?’ Then he explained it to me and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s awesome.’ From there, we got to discussing where to go. Honestly, it was super cool the way they treated me off the bat like, ‘Hey, let’s build you up as a star and bring you in as a star,’ just like they should anyone else. I’m definitely appreciative of that.”

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