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Added 2023-04-09 17:59:01 +0000 UTCSantana hasn't been seen in AEW in nearly a year, but he's still with the company.
The former LAX member had a private falling out with his longtime tag team partner Ortiz, and had already been teaming with him less when an unfortunate ACL injury took place in the Blood N Guts match. Prior to that, Santana had been publicly counting down what many assumed was the expiration of his AEW contract.
However, Fightful has inquired numerous times within AEW about Santana's status with the company. It was confirmed to us that Santana remains with All Elite Wrestling and has been paid through the duration of his injury.
We should reiterate, his contract expiration was never officially clarified to us. However, a source familiar with AEW deals said that if Santana's deal was up in September as he'd hinted on social media, that AEW could attempt to keep him in the company a couple of months past his injury return, as that was the amount of contracted time he would have had left when injured.
Those that we spoke to said that Tony Khan has been adamant that AEW will pay injured talent, even in this case, which could have been well after the contract could have expired. In all, AEW paid for over a half-year that Santana could have been off the books.
Comments
That was a work I think. They are still friends. It’s just Santana and Ortiz who had a falling out
Noah
2023-04-10 13:11:01 +0000 UTCI'm sorry.
CSDX
2023-04-10 03:42:08 +0000 UTCYou assume an awful lot of things that are never said
Fightful Select
2023-04-10 01:24:22 +0000 UTCIf he hasn’t been even seen in AEW at this point and no word of a potential comeback seems more likely he is gone than a surprise reuniting with Ortiz
Brian Bayless
2023-04-10 00:41:22 +0000 UTCLol
Gregoriano Ayala
2023-04-09 21:01:21 +0000 UTCWait, you're telling me WWE doesn't pay talent when they're injured?
CSDX
2023-04-09 20:23:09 +0000 UTCThey need to squash that sh*t. They honestly should be up there with FTR and the Bucks for the rivalries they could have.
Theo
2023-04-09 20:22:20 +0000 UTCHopefully they can work things out and get back together
Richman
2023-04-09 19:57:11 +0000 UTCThat sucks. Santana and Ortiz were my fav tag team. Sucks they never had a run with the titles before their falling out
Elaquent
2023-04-09 19:55:59 +0000 UTCSantana/Ortiz thing breaks my heart 💔
Kyle Pribila
2023-04-09 18:27:14 +0000 UTCIt always makes me sad when friends have falling outs, hopefully they can patch things up
e d
2023-04-09 18:26:53 +0000 UTCI was at the event he was injured at. Brutal. He had to lay there for an extended period of time. Hoping he recovers fully and quickly.
Marc Opps
2023-04-09 18:24:14 +0000 UTCAny word on of there has been any reconciliation with Ortiz and Kingston?
Raymond Slover
2023-04-09 18:16:31 +0000 UTC😂😂😂
Yousif
2023-04-09 18:11:16 +0000 UTCLmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Christopher Eckhoff
2023-04-09 18:11:06 +0000 UTCYeah they need to give us their hearts, make it real, or else forget about it.
Lui Vill
2023-04-09 18:10:39 +0000 UTCThe Santana/Ortiz thing is so sad, they’re such a great tag team and never really got to have a real run of their own.
erce
2023-04-09 18:07:27 +0000 UTCI really really really hope Santana and Ortiz can mend whatever issues they had. They were such an amazing tag team who I think should’ve been the inaugural tag champs for AEW. They were hotter than hell and in my opinion, outshined the inner circle during their run. I really hope we see them together again and finally win some tag team gold.
Yousif
2023-04-09 18:05:48 +0000 UTCStand up company
Peter
2023-04-09 18:05:28 +0000 UTC
