It was confirmed this week that Becky Lynch’s WWE deal is set to expire on June 1.

Whilst WWE don’t’ expect Lynch to leave the company, there is no way the company could rule out the former Women’s World Champion signing with AEW.

AEW star, Chris Jericho commented on the possibility of Lynch signing with AEW during an interview with TMZ, and this is what Jericho had to say:

“It's very important because the best thing that ever happened to pro wrestling in the modern era was AEW existing. My dad played for the NHL for ten years. He was playing for the New York Rangers in 1972. And Bobby Hull signed with the WHA and got a million dollars to jump from the NHL. And what did that do? It raised everybody's salaries. He went from 135. He went from 35 grand to 135 grand just so they wouldn't go to WHA. That's what happened when All Elite Wrestling started when Chris Jericho signed there. Suddenly, everybody's getting these huge raises in WWE right not to come to AEW. Tony Khan, our owner, owns the Jaguars. You know, they have a lot of money in the family, so he can play that game all day long. And that's why we brought in Will Ospreay, Mercedes Mone, and Kazuchika Okada. You mentioned Becky Lynch…”

The first ever Undisputed Champion stated:

“Five years ago, Becky would have no other options. [I'm] Not saying that she's coming, but there is an option. And who knows what could happen? You know, no one thought that Jericho would come to AEW, no one thought that Moxley would come, or Bryan Danielson, or Adam Cole, or any of these guys that have come over. So it's exciting for the fans. And it's exciting for the wrestlers and the talent because now, suddenly, there's a bidding war that benefits us. So I think it's very important. And listen, that was one of the things of being in the Attitude Era, and the Monday Night Wars with Nitro and Raw, you never knew who was going to show up, right? You know, and when somebody new would come from whatever side it was to the other, it made things so much more exciting, so many more matches that you can write so many more possibilities of seeing guys go up against each other that you never thought about. So it's a really exciting time in wrestling. And that's another reason why you got.”

H/T – WrestlingNewsCo

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