AEW adds time to wrestler’s contract against their request

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For the foreseeable future, Danhausen will remain under AEW contract even if he likely won’t be seen on TV.

Fightful Select reported Monday the unusual wrestler had his contract extended by AEW due to injury time “well into 2026” when his contract was originally set to expire on July 1st. According to his outlet, that was “apparently against his wishes” as “it was believed he requested they didn’t pick up his option.”

It’s unclear from the report if AEW added injury time in addition to an option. Regardless, the 35-year-old is still beholden to AEW through some part of 2026. He has been working indies consistently despite his lack of usage.

He signed his initial deal in January 2022 and suffered a torn pectoral muscle at March 2023’s Revolution, making his return in late-November that same year.

After not appearing on AEW TV since a battle royal at December 2023’s AEW Worlds End, he defeated Brandon Cutler in a February 2024 ROH match and then disappeared. He made a surprise appearance at last December’s ROH Final Battle to interfere during an Atlantis Jr. vs. Mason Madden match only to disappear again.

It was reported that he reached out about a follow-up, but there were no plans to bring him to TV despite the appearance.