AEW star Rey Fenix may make a return to TV before his contract expires but the chances remain slim.
Earlier in the year, reports broke stating that Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo, known collectively as The Lucha Bros, would not be re-signing with AEW when their contracts expired and were likely WWE bound. However, despite the fact that Penta remains close to becoming a free agent, time was reportedly added onto Rey Fenix’s contract as he missed multiple tapings due to injury. According to some reports, the former International Champion may not be able to leave the company for around the next 12 months.
During a Q and A on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer was asked if fans should expect to see The Lucha Bros back given their deals have been extended. Metlzer first clarified that only Fenix’s deal had been extended and added that the use of Fenix is unlikely but not impossible:
“Penta’s deal was not extended. They didn’t have the right to do that, so he’s going to be a free agent. As far as Fenix, my impression is if guys are going to go to WWE Tony’s not going to use them, so they’re just gonna be frozen for a while. I mean, yeah, it’d be great to use Fenix. But you know what? I guess for jobs, to have entertaining matches where a guy loses Fenix would be a good guy to have, it would make sense for him, [but] not to win.
If you’re gonna put somebody to win, bring Bandido back and go with him. And even so, they’re really going with Hologram. I mean, that’s Tony’s guy. So they got plenty of people to put in that masked Mexican wrestler position if they want to put somebody over. But as far as if they want somebody to lose a really entertaining match, I don’t see any reason not to use Ray Fenix, but he doesn’t like to use guys that he thinks are leaving.”
When Did Rey Fenix Last Wrestle?
Fenix’s most recent match took place on July 26th for CMLL. His most recent AEW match took place 6 days prior on Collision where he defeated Tony Nese.
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