In an interview with Talk is Jericho (via Fightful), Big Bill spoke about signing with TNA Wrestling in 2021 and said he spoke with Triple H before that happened. Ultimately, he showed up as W. Morrissey in TNA, before eventually joining AEW as Big Bill.
He said: “I talked briefly to Finn when Impact offered me to go there. I was like, ‘WWE has done so much for me in terms of rehab and they’ve paid a lot of money. I don’t want to insult them.’ He said, ‘Just talk to Hunter. He’ll understand.’ Before I went to Impact, I texted Hunter and wanted to let them know, super appreciative. ‘I’m super appreciative. I’m not ready to come back to WWE. I want to go do this. Down the road, we’ll see.’ He was super cool about it. That’s exactly what he said, ‘Do what you have to do, down the road.’ That’s the only time I reached out to them at that point.”
