7 AEW stars Triple H wanted to bring to WWE

#5 & #4. AEW stars The Young Bucks

Before they became two of the biggest stars of AEW, The Young Bucks dreamed of becoming WWE Superstars. The two brothers appeared on WWE TV a few times in 2008 as extras. They also participated in a tryout in 2011 but failed to make it.

While they continued to prove their value in other promotions, the Jackson brothers captured the attention of Triple H right before they signed with AEW.

The COO called Matt Jackson on vacation to discuss the possibility of having the Young Bucks come to WWE. But the brothers turned down Triple H's offer.

"I was so protective of our brand because we had done so much at that point and we’d just done the All In show. So it was still scary to just hand over the keys to someone else and that was probably the biggest reason we didn’t go to WWE at the time because it was like ‘what are they going to do with this?’ We were almost over-protective of what we created," Matt told. (H/T TalkSPORT.)

Instead of signing with WWE, The Young Bucks decided to join AEW after meeting Tony Khan. They debuted at the 2019 Double or Nothing pay-per-view. In addition to being in-ring competitors, Matt and Nick Jackson are AEW's Executive Vice Presidents.