Rey Fenix ​​AEW contract status update after WWE rumors

Penta El Zero Miedo is set to hit free agency sometime this coming week, but the latest reporting on the Lucha Brothers indicates it will be significantly longer before his tag team partner Rey Fenix ​​can leave All Elite Wrestling.

Over the summer, rumors began to circulate that the former AEW World Tag Team Champions were WWE-bound, with Penta himself reportedly very vocal about his intentions to switch companies. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp says that when AEW management learned of their plans, they decided to add stoppage time to both talents’ contracts to delay the move.

The pair were said to be a package deal for WWE with their sights set on a main roster debut, but Ross Sapp says the extra stoppage time for Rey Fenix ​​will keep him tied to AEW well into next year.

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No creative plans for Fenix ​​are known at this time, but it is believed that the Death Triangle was scheduled to win the AEW Trios Championship at All In. PAC went on to win the titles with Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta instead of the Lucha Brothers.

Fenix ​​is ​​among a number of AEW talents currently on a creative hiatus, perhaps until their contracts expire. Ricky Starks made headlines this week when he told Chris Van Vliet that he is healthy and ready to work, but has no idea why he is not being used on AEW programming.

Miro is another talent who has been absent for quite some time, asking for his release from AEW in September. At this point, no release has been granted, as far as anyone knows for sure.

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