Tony Schiavone stated that 2016 was a tough time financially for the Schiavone household, which forced him to take up a Starbucks job. However, Schiavone enjoyed working in Starbucks, and things finally started looking up for him in 2019.
Bruce Prichard told Tony Schiavone in January 2019 that he was going to return to WWE and that he would try to get the former WCW announcer back as well. Prichard asked Schiavone to stay in the loop while he worked things out with Vince McMahon.
Vince wants you to come back and work for us: Tony Schiavone on what Bruce Prichard told him about a WWE return
Prichard did inform Schiavone later that Vince McMahon wanted him to work for the WWE again. However, WWE was unsure about a role for Schiavone, but they knew he liked to work backstage as a producer.
Schiavone called up Conrad Thompson and informed him about the WWE offer. Two minutes after the call, Schiavone got a text message from Cody. The American Nightmare told Schiavone that he didn’t want the announcer to join WWE. Cody fixed up a call between Tony Khan and Schiavone, and they ended up talking for an hour.
Schiavone knew that he wanted to work in AEW after the phone call, but he chose to keep his options open. Tony continued to have talks with WWE, but his wife wasn’t in favor of moving back to Vince McMahon’s promotion.
Tony Schiavone revealed that his wife threatened to divorce him if he returned to WWE, where he worked for a year in 1989. Schiavone admitted that his wife has bad feelings about WWE.
After talking to both parties in an extremely professional manner, an HR executive from WWE informed Tony Schiavone that they were not interested in getting him on board. Schiavone didn’t hesitate one bit and went on to accept Tony Khan’s phenomenal offer. Everything has worked out perfectly for Tony Schiavone as he is an integral part of the AEW project.
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