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Per SRS:
>Jay White has officially signed with AEW, but he was much closer to a WWE contract than most people suspected. White portrayed Howdy at the Royal Rumble while not under contract, instead getting a one-time paycheck that was described as “substantial” for his work. As “Howdy” took a significant bump at the end, White was paid an amount similar to what an A-list celebrity might make at Wrestlemania for working an angle and match.
>At this point HHH had approached White about joining the company and White was supposedly “very enthusiastic” about the chance. However he did not sign, telling WWE officials that he wanted to see “how things went”.
>We can also confirm that White’s deal with AEW was inked sometime between Sunday night and Tuesday morning, based on some last-minute changes to Dynamite’s card.
>It’s unsure if White would have portrayed Howdy full-time given the recent disappearance of Bray Wyatt from TV.
>Jay White has officially signed with AEW, but he was much closer to a WWE contract than most people suspected. White portrayed Howdy at the Royal Rumble while not under contract, instead getting a one-time paycheck that was described as “substantial” for his work. As “Howdy” took a significant bump at the end, White was paid an amount similar to what an A-list celebrity might make at Wrestlemania for working an angle and match.
>At this point HHH had approached White about joining the company and White was supposedly “very enthusiastic” about the chance. However he did not sign, telling WWE officials that he wanted to see “how things went”.
>We can also confirm that White’s deal with AEW was inked sometime between Sunday night and Tuesday morning, based on some last-minute changes to Dynamite’s card.
>It’s unsure if White would have portrayed Howdy full-time given the recent disappearance of Bray Wyatt from TV.
