Potential Reason Why WWE May Never Sign Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks

In 2019, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks joined AEW as Executive Vice Presidents alongside Cody Rhodes. Before signing with Tony Khan’s promotion, many expected them to join WWE and now the potential reason behind WWE never signing them has been revealed.

Last year, WWE was going hard in trying to sign key talent from AEW and that included Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. In fact, Kenny Omega was even on WWE’s #1 Most Wanted List for a while but The Elite ultimately re-signed with AEW and fans realized they would be sticking with AEW for a long time.

While speaking on his 83 Weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff talked about WWE potentially signing The Elite in the future as he stated that Omega and The Young Bucks were seen as more valuable before joining AEW. He believes that WWE might not want to sign them if they became free agents now, as AEW’s brand image might have lowered their appeal. Bischoff thinks WWE might not find them as attractive as they would have a few years ago.

“The entire brand of AEW takes the talent down with it, in terms of perception, so I hope they’re making a lot of money,” Bischoff stated. “Do I think we’ll see them in WWE? I really don’t because of what I just said. I think the perception of them has been taken down enough that it’s just probably not as attractive to WWE as it would have been three or four years ago.”

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Kenny Omega remains absent from AEW television due to his health issues while The Young Bucks are currently on a hiatus as well. Nonetheless, fans shouldn’t expect to Elite to sign with WWE ever again and perhaps that’s for the best.