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MMA STAR SIGNING WITH AEW

By Mike Johnson on 2022-03-04 21:54:00

AEW President Tony Khan just announced that former UFC star Paige VanZant will be signing live All Elite Wrestling on this Wednesday's edition of Dynamite:

VanZant has made a number of appearances on AEW programming over the last year as part of Dan Lambert's American Top Team. 

In 2016, WWE had attempted to bring VanZant in for a role at that year's Summerslam but were unsuccessful.    Vanzant went to the finals of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars this season that same year.

VanZant, 27, fought in UFC's Flyweight division and signed in 2020 to compete for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship:

 

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