Rey Fenix AEW contract update
In the new edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer shared the latest on The Lucha Brothers’ AEW contract situation.
Penta El Zero Miedo & Rey Fenix are both impending free agents. There’s an internal belief within AEW that they will be leaving for WWE, though Meltzer writes that AEW does have the option to extend Fenix’s contract for another year due to time he’s missed because of injury:
Obviously Penta & Fenix are not being featured. There is concern now because AEW has the right to extend Fenix’s deal for another year due to time off due to injuries. Because of all the talk of his going to WWE and when he’s starting and such, Penta did a tweet saying to stop the gossip and ‘My present is in AEW.’ There were rumors going around he was going to NXT or getting a physical for WWE in Pittsburgh and he’s obviously not about to do anything of the sort while under AEW contract. He just as obviously can’t have signed a WWE deal until that AEW contract expires.
Penta’s AEW contract is expected to expire between August and September of this year. Fenix’s deal is also believed to be up soon if AEW does not extend it.
Fenix was set to compete for indie promotion New Era Wrestling in El Paso, Texas, on September 27, but it was announced last week that Fenix is off the show “due to personal circumstances.”
The Lucha Brothers debuted for AEW in 2019 and are former AEW Tag Team, AEW Trios, and ROH Tag Team Champions. Fenix is a former AEW International Champion as well.
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