But he doesn't though. At MOST he would be compelled to lock up Darby Allin but realistically WWE probably wants no parts of him. Very few (nobody) has value from the original crop of AEW wrestlers as MJF does.
I don't think anybody's talking about AEW originals when thinking about this scenario lol
I brought up a few months ago that AEW's top salary (Punk) is around a 2022 higher mid WWE talent's and said even if WWE is only a little interested it's worth going after MJF full stop, if for nothing else but to watch Tony match. If Tony matches a 3-5 mil offer, MJF's now making Danielson/Punk money. Even if you're thinking the future he doesn't have that value rn so that means you have to restructure those two. Then what about Jericho, Moxley, Bucks, Omega, etc.
I don't think it's cut & dry. I think if WWE offered 4 or more Tony's not matching, otherwise a deal would've already been done. Folks were talking "the new TV deal will make up for it" but that was before the turnover with Discovery taking over