Rocky Romero Reveals WWE Tried To Sign Him In 2016

Rocky Romero has revealed that WWE attempted to secure his services in 2016.

Speaking on the Under the Ring podcast, Romero noted that WWE wanted him to participate in that summer's Cruiserweight Classic tournament. Rocky might have accepted the offer, too, had WWE not offered him another gig on top of it.

"So they (WWE) really wanted me for the Cruiserweight Classic and I was in between or about to be in between contracts. I think I was in between contracts and we were renegotiating mine and WWE was very interested. They wanted to offer me the Cruiserweight Classic and then they wanted to offer me a coaching position so I think if they didn't offer me the coaching position and they just offered me the Cruiserweight Classic then I probably, maybe would have waited a little bit longer to re-sign with New Japan and I would have done that but them offering me the coaching position made me feel like they didn't want me to wrestle so that it wasn’t maybe gonna go very far in the Cruiserweight so I decided to not take it and re-sign with New Japan. I feel like the last two years have been some of my best years in the business, so I'm glad that I did not take the coaching deal; now, for sure".

Romero currently wrestles for various promotions (including AEW) and acts as a liaison between New Japan Pro-Wrestling and their partners.

H/T POST Wrestling