AEW star Brodie Lee reveals Triple H offered to send him to NJPW after WWE release

On March 18 episode of AEW Dynamite, Brodie Lee me his much-anticipated debut as Dark Order's Exalted One. Within days, he proved to be a crowd-puller and was able to attract a huge crowd to this week’s show. Brodie Lee, who was working in WWE for past few years, recently appeared on latest edition of ‘Talk Is Jericho’ where he spoke about his WWE career.

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Triple H gave Brodie Lee an NJPW offer

Brodie Lee talked about day he requested his release from WWE and revealed vice Triple H gave him which would have changed his future. Brodie Lee said that Triple H h called him after hearing about his release and offered to send him to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) while under a WWE contract. At first, Brodie Lee accepted offer because he wanted to do what he loves, which is wrestling.

“Hunter (Triple H) h called me like 'what do you want to do?' I was like 'I want to wrestle.' He goes 'do you want to go to New Japan?' And I was like 'yes, 100 per cent,’” said Brodie Lee.

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Brodie Lee h doubts about Triple H’s offer

However, Brodie Lee h his doubts about offer because he was still under contract with WWE. During podcast, Brodie Lee also accepted that at one point he thought WWE was going to buy NJPW to launch NXT Japan which would again put him under WWE Network. Ultimately, Brodie Lee never went to NJPW and WWE never bought New Japan. Current AEW star Brodie Lee returned to WWE in October 2019 before being released by WWE in December 2019.

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