In a recent interview with Gabby AF, All Elite Wrestling star Shelton Benjamin discussed several topics, including his decision to sign with the company, interest from other companies and more.

“I did have a few offers, MLW was very interested. Obviously, I was doing a lot of international things and exploring other options as far as in and out of pro wrestling, acting was one of them, well is one of them.

I like to put myself in the best possible position to succeed. When the door closed at WWE, I really thought long and hard about where I wanted to go, IMPACT was a very tempting place to go, but what it just boils down to is, I want the biggest possible audience and outside of WWE, there is no one bigger than AEW.

I don’t have as much time left as a lot of guys, as far as in-ring and things like that. Don’t get me wrong, not that I’m going to retire anytime soon, but for the time I have left, I want to reach the biggest possible audience I can, what better place than AEW, there is no better place.”

The full interview is available at this link.