RJ City Discusses Joining AEW, Says Tony Khan Knew ‘Exactly What He Wanted From Me’

RJ City discusses the process of signing with All Elite Wrestling.

Fans around the world both rejoiced and let out a deep sigh when it was revealed back in March 2022 that RJ City would be creating content for AEW. City has already made a impression on fans in his first year with the company, whether that be a good or bad impression.

In a new interview with AEW’s Unrestricted podcast, City went into detail about the process of joining the company and how he was afraid that the Road To Revolution segments wouldn’t work out.

“Well, I had been working at WWE for like a year and a half doing a variety of things, but the system was such that 80% of the stuff we would attempt to do would never happen. It was very frustrating. I’m happy with what I did, but there was always more I wanted to do. Then, to put it politely, a big tide came in and wiped everything away and I got really disenchanted and I was like ‘You know what? I did this, that was WWE stuff and let’s just move on.’ I was working on a couple of different TV things, I was maybe going to do some weird things on the indies. The pandemic was still going on and it was slowly ending and then I tweeted something about one of those pitches that never made it, and next thing I know Tony Khan slid into my DMs and [asked if I was still with WWE]. Then, he said ‘Do you wanna come do this, come do sit down interviews?’ It was the Road To where I was the chauffeur on the Road To Revolution and he had known of my work. I don’t understand how he knew of it, but he has an excellent comedy brain. He has his comedy brain, he knew kinda exactly what he wanted from me. Three weeks went by and I didn’t hear anything, so again, [I was like] ‘I have done something that has upset these people.’ Maybe Tony Schiavone said ‘No, not this guy.’ [laughs]. Next thing I know, we’re at Revolution, right before it. We’re at Dark, im sitting in a SUV in a chauffeur hat with a crew and I’m going ‘No one’s gonna wanna do this. This is not gonna go well.’ Then, Paul Wight sat in the car and we had a nice time and that was that.”

RJ City now hosts his weekly Hey! (EW) series on the promotion’s YouTube channel, with new episodes dropping every Sunday. 

In a separate interview earlier this year, City talked about the possibility of Hey! (EW) becoming a segment on AEW television. Fans can learn more here.

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