AEW Extends Brian Cage's Contract

Brian Cage will be sticking around in AEW for at least another year.

by Andy H Murray
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Brian Cage has had his All Elite Wrestling contract extended by one year, reports Fightful Select.

It is believed that word of AEW taking up the one-year option on Cage's contract with the promotion was doing the rounds at Wednesday's television tapings in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This came from Brian, who told the story to those close to him.

Cage, himself, was surprised by the re-up, as he and many others within the promotion were of the assumption that his contract would be allowed to expire.

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The 38-year-old hasn't wrestled on AEW television since the 8 October episode of Rampage, on which he lost to Ricky Starks to seemingly wrap his feud with Team Taz. He wrestled on the Jericho Cruise later than month, which Tony Khan considers AEW canon, but none of those bouts aired on TV.

Fightful state that there is currently no word on when or how, exactly, Cage might return to AEW.

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Cage has since tweeted the following on the matter, neither confirming nor denying:-

Cage's wife, Melissa Santos (a ring announcer in IMPACT Wrestling), spoke out on her husband's utilisation in AEW on social media last year, sparking speculation on the former Team Taz member's departure.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.