The multi-time WWE champion returned from a career-ending injury at the 2020 Royal Rumble in one of the most emotional moments in the company's history. However, 'Edge' cut his comeback tour early last year when he jumped ship to join Tony Khan's AEW.
In an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet , the current TNT Champion revealed his motivations for moving to AEW, citing that he felt he and WWE were going in different directions.
"It felt like I had done everything I was going to do with WWE," he admitted.
"I’d worked the people I’d wanted to work like 95% anyway. And it just really felt that they were going in a direction and I was going in a direction and they were kinda going separate ways and I wanted to be with this limited window I have, I wanted to be involved.
"I wanted to be there on a weekly basis to tell proper stories and it’s tough to do that popping in and out every three months or so. And I also get that well, that keeps it special and I understand that, but again, I’m working with such a limited timeframe here, that I got to go while I can go. And I looked at the roster and I thought man, so many people that I’ve never laid hands on and been in the ring with."
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