Originally Posted by
BGMaverick
It's really not that hard to find reports, false, true, or somewhere inbetween. At least 1-2 sources intimated that he had discussions with AEW, or that WWE was concerned that he would be speaking to them, fwiw. All you really need is a factual event to transpire in order to illicit reports that can indicate anything could have happened before the actual result. In this case, the factual event is that he re-upped with WWE.
But look at the landscape. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see that most people are going to want it known that their contract is coming up. If that's the case, it'd be silly not to at least imply you're willing to consider going to the other place, even if you really don't have an intention to do so. I think you're manufacturing a point that I'm not trying to present or just lumping me in a consensus opinion that I really am not talking about.