AEW Star Shares PRISON Image In (Not-So) Cryptic Tease (AEW News)

AEW's Dralistico teases his impending company exit.

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Amidst plenty of speculation over his future, AEW's Dralistico has taken to social media to seemingly tease his AEW exit.

With recent reports that his existing AEW deal is up soon, Dralistico has posted an AI image of himself behind bars, complete with his hands and the prison bars merging together, and with the caption, "Maybe not for long?"

Dralistico has only competed four times for AEW in 2026 so far, though he did have an injury issue earlier in the year. In terms of his most recent appearance, that was teaming with his brother Rush and Sammy Guevara in a loss to Orange Cassidy, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong on a June edition of Collision.

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This summer brought word that Dralistico's AEW contract was coming up, as is the case for his other brother, Dragon Lee, in WWE. Adding further intrigue to this situation, Dralistico and Dragon Lee recently trademarked the Hermanos Lee moniker, sparking fan chatter that they could be set to reunite as a tag team somewhere.

WWE is said to be extremely keen on re-signing Dragon Lee, with the company's faith in the hugely talented high flyer shown by how frequently he's been featured on TV in the past few months.

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As for Rush, he's not competed for AEW since the July 1st episode of Dynamite, though he did post on X last month that he was "healthy and ready" for action.

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