{"id":135431,"date":"2022-03-17T12:14:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=135431"},"modified":"2022-03-17T12:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:14:59","slug":"keith-lee-discusses-when-tony-khan-first-contacted-him-how-adam-cole-influenced-his-decision-to-sign-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/03\/17\/keith-lee-discusses-when-tony-khan-first-contacted-him-how-adam-cole-influenced-his-decision-to-sign-with-aew\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Lee discusses when Tony Khan first contacted him, how Adam Cole influenced his decision to sign with AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2323522941\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Keith Lee was contacted by AEW CEO and booker Tony Khan three days after he was released by WWE last November.<\/p>\n<p>That release happened and within three days, Tony found a way to get in touch with me,&#8221;\u00a0Lee said on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/podcasts\/aew-unrestricted-34806\">AEW Unrestricted<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;I was actually really impressed with that considering we had never spoken before. We had some really laid back conversations and got to know each other a little bit. That&#8217;s something that helped because that&#8217;s some of my trust that&#8217;s a little disgruntled. We had a conversation and as time wore on, things got easier and we met up and I have a thing where I must meet a person in person, I&#8217;m a people feeler as opposed to listening to things. I&#8217;m an energy guy. When I did meet him, I decided that he&#8217;s a fairly stand up guy and I really enjoyed my time with him, what he&#8217;s about, talking football and all that good stuff, especially as a former player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lee went on to state during the interview that Adam Cole influenced his decision to join AEW. &#8220;I felt like the happiness of people such as Adam Cole, he&#8217;s somebody I place a lot of stock in as a human being, there aren&#8217;t a lot of people in this industry that you can just trust or get along with at certain levels, but I really like Adam Cole as a person,&#8221; said Lee.\u00a0 His testimony for his happiness here was something that made it a little easier. In the grand scheme of things, when we got to speaking about business, it made sense for me and my plans. That made it a little easier and when you get along with somebody and it fits your plan and what you want to do in life, it helps and those talks were easier than I thought they would be. It made the decision that much easier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lee also discussed the reaction he got from the fans when he made his Dynamite debut. \u201cIt had been a few months since I had heard such a thing, and I really wasn\u2019t expecting it, so immediately as it was, and as it stood, it was exciting and just a really warm, touching moment,&#8221; said Lee.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contact Sean at pwtorchsean@gmail.com. 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