AEW star re-signs with company
Added 2023-04-11 19:01:09 +0000 UTCBrian Cage is All Elite, and he’s staying that way.
Fightful Select has learned that ROH Six-Man Tag Team Champion Brian Cage put pen to paper this week, and signed a long-term, multi-year deal to remain with All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor. Tony Khan told Fightful after ROH Supercard of Honor that he was hoping to keep Cage and the Embassy with the company for a long time.
Fightful noted in recent months that Cage’s deal was coming up. There were conflicting dates within the negotiations about how long Cage actually had committed on the deal, and he’d effectively became a free agent as of midnight after Supercard of Honor. We’re told that several top talent had pushed for Cage to re-sign, but there were also top talent in WWE who were angling for him to end up there. We’re told WWE had some interest in Cage, but he ended up liking the offer made by AEW. Cage worked with an agent throughout the process.
Those that we spoke to said that AEW worked hard to get the deal done in the last couple of weeks, and it was agreed upon in principle by the time creative was started with Swerve Strickland.
Comments
Hopefully he nailed them down on some sort of a specific plan.
Andrew Placko
2023-04-14 02:40:28 +0000 UTCRe-signing isn't "hiring." Who have they signed since January 1???
Fightful Select
2023-04-12 03:38:55 +0000 UTCThat doesn't last forever.
Fightful Select
2023-04-12 03:38:22 +0000 UTCWho betta?
Wizard Of Smoke
2023-04-11 23:16:50 +0000 UTCWWE re-signed Logan Paul .. not sure how much a hiring freeze there is.
slick
2023-04-11 22:33:44 +0000 UTCGood to see this. Now give him a monster push in ROH.
Keith Kripke
2023-04-11 22:10:15 +0000 UTCIf WWE has had a hiring freeze since December, did FTR and Jay White work Tony into a shoot and make him bid against himself? It’s funny how a few days after the hiring freeze news leaked Cage re-signs.
DC
2023-04-11 20:05:25 +0000 UTCCage as Swerve’s muscle is such a massive upgrade on Parker.
David C
2023-04-11 19:43:32 +0000 UTCI wonder how many wrestlers, that have appeared on roh tv are signed or per appearance deal
MisterFaiz
2023-04-11 19:38:28 +0000 UTCEver since Cage came back to tv a bit ago he's crushed every match he's been given. Good for him.
Justin Ackley
2023-04-11 19:35:56 +0000 UTCHe wasn't booked for pretty much a year between 2021-2022. That's a fact. His wife even complained about it online.
John Horton
2023-04-11 19:28:35 +0000 UTCI think they mean after his feud with Team Taz was done. Tbf, he was quite poor for 12-18 months but the last 6-8 months he's been superb.
Kev O'Connor
2023-04-11 19:27:39 +0000 UTCHe was injured….
Brandon Souza
2023-04-11 19:26:28 +0000 UTCHe could easily have gone to the Indies until they were hiring again.
Kev O'Connor
2023-04-11 19:26:01 +0000 UTCLol say you don’t watch the company cause he in group and a champion and was on tv
Kenny Williams
2023-04-11 19:25:35 +0000 UTCHe's absolutely deserved the contract with his work over the last 6-8 months. He had a poor/average act after he left team Taz but he's certainly done better lately
Kev O'Connor
2023-04-11 19:25:20 +0000 UTCShe is elite
Kenny Williams
2023-04-11 19:23:48 +0000 UTCany updates on Billie Starkz? Not clear what kind of deal she signed or at what tier yet...
David Feig
2023-04-11 19:19:30 +0000 UTCIt's still bizarre to me that they literally didn't use him for a year. Never explained.
John Horton
2023-04-11 19:18:49 +0000 UTCWell yeah WWE's on a hiring freeze you said..
Michael Owens
2023-04-11 19:14:19 +0000 UTCI mean... good for him, I guess!
Adam Frazier
2023-04-11 19:14:15 +0000 UTC
