An entire AEW merchandise division reportedly laid off on Friday
The relationship between AEW and Jazwares appears to have ended. According to a new report from wrestling figure collector Kyle Peterson: “Late Friday, I got word that, unfortunately, the entire AEW Jazwares team over there at Jazwares were laid off on Friday.”
Jazwares and AEW have been working together since 2020, with the initial release of the Unrivaled collection. This was first announced in February of that year and then got released officially later in 2020. There were a few different collections released, including Vault, Supreme and Unmatched.
AEW and Jazwares deal over?
We have not heard anything officially from either company regarding the toy line or whether or not AEW will be going with a different supplier going forward.
According to WrestlingFigureDatabase, there are a number of unreleased figures that never made it to full production, including:
- Unrivaled Collection Series 13 Matt Hardy
- Unrivaled Collection Series 14 Chuck Taylor
- Unrivaled Collection Series 15 Jade Cargill
- Unrivaled Collection Series 15 PAC
- Unrivaled Collection Series 4 CM Punk
Check out the video below from Kyle Peterson where he discusses the apparent split between AEW and Jazwares:
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