TNA Champs Contract Is Up, Tony Khan Media Call Notes, Jamie Hayter

TNA Contracts Expired

Fightful has learned of TNA contracts that have expired.

Last week, Fightful Select reported that the deals of The IInspiration -- Cassie Lee and Jess McKay were coming up soon. This surprised many, because the duo recently won the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championships.

The deals were up following Bound For Glory, but both sides are interested in continuing to work with one another and an extension is expected. The two have worked on short-term deals, which they have preferred.

Jamie Hayter

Fightful spoke with former AEW Women's Champion Jamie Hayter ahead of her WrestleDream match against Thekla.

Hayter told SRS that she and Thekla didn't cross paths in Japan at any point, and she didn't know much about Thekla before she came to AEW. But she feels they've fit together really well.

She said she wouldn't wish the constant pain that she was in prior to her injury on anyone else, but it was important for her to drop the title to keep that moving. She'd been in pain for quite some time before losing the AEW Women's Title. Returning in London was a nice memory that she holds close to her heart.

She's a gamer, owns quite a few consoles, and was very excited to be added to AEW Fight Forever. She said her brother put a lot of title belts on her.

We spoke to her about her most viewed youtube videos, which were against Saraya and Riho. She said that Saraya's match was very fun and was "two British birds beating each other." With Riho, she said that she's small and fun to throw around and enjoys working with her.

We had her cast a Scooby Doo AEW crossover too.

Tony Khan media call notes

Notes from Tony Khan's AEW WrestleDream media call

- Tony Khan is asked by Jon Alba about Andrade's contract mess. Tony Khan won't elaborate and says he is saying about all he can say, and he's excited to see what's next for Andrade

- Tony Khan says that he waited to do Toni Storm vs. Kris Statlander when the time was right. He wouldn't rule out a women's Continental Classic, but is excited that they're doing Blood & Guts and women's tag titles.

- Tony Khan confirms our Fightful Select report that there were talks of doing an Asheville, NC training center with FTR, Copeland and Beth. He turns it into a kayfabe answer about their relationship, but says he would love to revisit that idea when they all get on the same page.

- Regarding the new Nielsen ratings, Tony Khan tells me it's something he's keeping his eye on. It's a new system, and it's affecting different sports in different ways. He says business and enterprise is about adapting, and he feels AEW is good at that.

- Tony Khan says that they had just got Kota Ibushi a new visa when his injury happened