Select Answers: TNA Contracts, Austin Theory, AJ Styles to AEW?

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How many TNA contracts are up in the next 3 months?

At least a dozen that I know about. We're working to see if who is expecting to re-sign. You're going to see a lot more on TNA contracts coming over the next few months in general. They have been prone to doing short-term deals, and have been very happy with how they work out. I see a lot of people dunking on those, but it's been going well for TNA thus far, and the talent have options.

Any news on what’s going on with theory?

A lot of eyebrows were raised when Dave Meltzer reported that Austin Theory was planned for Survivor Series WarGames. When I asked internally, I was told it absolutely was an option. He's been out of action for the last three months and they very quickly moved Grayson Waller on. Theory hasn't wrestled on a match on Raw in five months and has only five televised main roster Raw/Smackdown matches this year. He's been recovering from an injury, but now with Seth Rollins' injury, I would imagine that literally all of those plans are in flux now.

Chances AJ goes to AEW cause I feel like he would get booked better for his final year there than wwe

Very slim chance. I know they would love to have him there, but as of now, his contract was slated to be up in early 2026. I don't know if they've went on and extended that or not, but most people close to him believe he'll just finish out his career in WWE. He's appeared very happy there for quite some time and had been eyeing retirement as far back as 2019 when he said he was on his last WWE contract. He has very much seemed keen on staying in WWE and has liked being there.