Santana hasn’t been seen on AEW TV since last June when he suffered an ACL injury during the Blood and Guts match on an episode of Dynamite.
There were already questions about his future as he seemed to have been counting down to what many thought was the end of his AEW contract.
There was also the issue between Santana and Ortiz. Konnan talked about it on his podcast:
“It breaks my heart because I spent a lot of time with them and I’ve said before that they’re like my sons. I heard it almost got physical with Santana and Kingston over this. It’s not a good look, bro. I really hate seeing that these two guys who could have gone to WWE and really fu**ing blown up, that they separated. I can see Santana when his contract is up, leaving. Ortiz is very chill and laid back. Santana is more of a hot head. Ortiz’s was like, ‘Hey, they ain’t doing sh*t with us’, and Santana’s like, ‘They ain’t doing sh*t with us’, and he’s right. Ortiz is more like ‘We’re getting paid and are taken care of’, and he was comfortable in his role and Santana wants more.”
It’s unclear where things stand between Santana and Ortiz these days but what is for sure, per a new report from Fightful Select, is that Santana is still with AEW. They also note that he has been paid through the duration of his injury.
It’s also not clear exactly when his contract expires but if it was due last September then the company could have added injury time to his deal.
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