Former NJPW talent David Finlay made his AEW debut on the March 4th episode of AEW Dynamite allying with his former NJPW stablemates Gabe Kidd and Clark Connors as The Dogs. The trio were announced by Tony Khan as All Elite
Fightful Select is reporting that Finlay has signed a multi-year deal with AEW. Sources indicated that the deal for Finlay came together in the last week. Finlay had been reported at the start of the year as wanting to explore free agency and was hoping to work more in the United States.
Regarding to why Finlay choose AEW over WWE, Cory Hays of BodySlam reports that his sources stated that the reason was due to the deal that he was being offered. Hayes reported that those spoken to within WWE stated that Finlay was offered a deal to begin in NXT and was worth NXT developmental money. Finlay reportedly wanted main roster type money but WWE was not willing to budge on their offer. As a result, this led to Finlay deciding to join AEW instead and reunite with Kidd and Connors.
