AEW President Tony Khan will need to sign talent to new contracts, such as The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and AEW World Heavyweight Champion MJF, ahead of their deals expiring in 2024.
AEW recently locked down RUSH to a new deal, but they won’t need to worry about doing that with Dustin Rhodes, who stated last December in an interview with Busted Open Radio that his contract had just months left.
It was noted that his deal would expire at the end of July, leading to speculation that he could be bound to make a WWE return.
“I made a decision that at the end of July, my contract is up, and I’m going to be done with in-ring, or at least, tone it way, way down. I don’t know if that’s going to be it because they say when we’re retiring, they always come back and you never say never, but that’s what I’m looking for is an end date for my in-ring wrestling career and that will be 35, almost 36 years in the business, and I think that’s a good round number. There’s nothing that I haven’t done, good or bad, that I regret in the business. I love everything that I’ve done. The bad things have always come to me and taught me lessons, and I’ve become a better man for those. I want to get out while I can still walk, but still teach the kids, still coach hopefully, if God willing, I’m allowed to do that here or whatever, and occasionally make an on-screen appearance, I don’t know, but I just don’t want to embarrass myself is the main thing.”
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported that Rhodes has plenty of time left on his contract as the deal expires in September 2024. It’s unclear whether he signed an extension or just mistaken the July date.
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