Paul Wight hopeful to make AEW in-ring return since Tony Khan has been paying him “a sh*t ton of money”

Paul Wight hasn’t wrestled in AEW since an eight-man street fight on the November 15th 2023 edition of Dynamite. During an interview with Downunder The Ring to promote AEW’s upcoming debut in Australia, Wight commented on his in-ring status with the company…

“God, I hope so (I can get back in the ring) because Tony Khan paid me a sh*t ton of money to get in the ring and so far, I haven’t done sh*t so… I did, I did (take a bump onto a car). Then right after that, I went and got my knee replaced. Thanks Will Hobbs (he laughed).

Wight also commented on potentially having a run in AEW as Captain Insano…

“I have heard from him (Captain Insano). I heard his fat-ass had a knee surgery a couple of months ago but is hoping he’ll be back real soon and definitely I hope he’s gonna compete in February here in Brisbane. So, yeah, a lot of that was intellectual property and Tony Khan actually — because I lost The Big Show. That’s WWE intellectual property, which is tough when you build a brand for 20 years but it’s business. I understand. It is what it is. But, building yourself a new identity is like starting all over. People always gonna identify you as one thing. Yeah! I’m not that guy anymore. I’m this other guy. Captain Insano is a pretty cool gift. Tony Khan worked it out, got the intellectual property rights for me. So, we’ve been waiting to pull the trigger on that and I’ll be honest, a lot of it’s been my fault. Having surgeries and stuff like that so, it’s about me getting in the gym, training, getting ready where I feel comfortable because it’s basically a one-shot run. I can’t pull the trigger on this half-assed and go out and fail. When I pull the trigger on Captain Insano, it’s gonna be 100 percent. We run that till the wheels fall off and then we ride off into the sunset… I just wanna make sure that when I bring that character out, whatever Tony asks me to do, I can do. Whether it’s tag, singles, working twice a week, three times a week. Whatever it is, I’m able to do it so, that’s why I really haven’t been doing a lot of things on AEW because being the awesome boss that Tony Khan and he’s giving me the time to basically get my sh*t straight and get ready for it. I mean, believe me, there’s an unbelievable amount of pressure on myself to get this done and get this in a way where the fans are appreciative of seeing me compete again and not like a, ‘Oh, that sucks. Shoot him. Put him out of his misery.’ Like old yeller. Take me out back and put me down. I don’t wanna get put down yet. I kind of wanna go out like Sting did. Have a nice little run. Have some great matches, work with some of this amazing, young talent we have in AEW and then, slide out. That goal accomplished and then, I’ll move to New York and become a world-famous playwright. It’s a joke, because I can’t spell… Grand Slam: Australia and hopefully Captain Insano will have a match and we’re actually gonna see a 400-pound guy in spandex… So let me correct that. A sexy, good-looking, bald, 400-pound guy in spandex. I mean, that’s my opinion, but you know…” (quotes courtesy of PostWrestling.com)