Where is CIMA now? CIMA made his first appearances in over a decade for NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom 16 in January 2022. Cima, El Lindeman and T-Hawk were quietly removed from the AEW roster page in April 2020 and were released from their contracts some time around that date. StrongHearts were featured heavily early on in AEW, with CIMA himself taking part in some high profile matches including against Kenny Omega.ĭue to the global pandemic in March 2020, many overseas wrestlers could not take part in AEW shows. Along with T-Hawk and El Lindeman joined him in AEW as the tag team StrongHearts. Working with Chinese-based promotion Oriental Wrestling Entertainment (OWE), CIMA brought along two young stars with him to AEW.
The Japanese legend was known as one of the best wrestlers in the world and fans were excited to see what he could do in the United States with All Elite Wrestling. 2020 CIMA (with StrongHearts)ĬIMA was one of the first big name signings from abroad when AEW first started up. She quit IMPACT and retired from wrestling due to her issues, but later returned to wrestle for smaller promotions, including the NWA. Where is Kylie Rae now? Kylie Rae later went on to wrestle for IMPACT Wrestling, but continued with her struggles with mental health issues. Her release was announced by Tony Khan on the AEW All Out 2019 post-show media scrum. She seemed unable to take the pressure of wrestling for AEW and requested her release from the company in August 2019, which was granted. However, she no-showed the event, reportedly due to struggles with anxiety and mental health issues. She was booked to take on Leva Bates at Fyter Fest 2019. She was pinned by Britt Baker to lose the match, but was earmarked as a future star of the AEW Women’s Division.
“Smiley Kylie” featured on the first ever AEW show, as part of the women’s fatal four way match at AEW Double or Nothing 2019. The first AEW wrestler released by AEW was one of the early stars of the women’s division, Kylie Rae. This list will be updated as more AEW wrestlers are released in the coming months and years. This list is every wrestler who has been released by the company due to the factors mentioned previously, but does not include AEW Dark talent who weren’t signed to AEW contracts (eg. Here is a list of the AEW wrestlers released by AEW since the company was founded in January 2019. Whilst some talent have been released after making very little mark on the promotion, some big names which were earmarked for greatness at the companies birth now find themselves outside the confines of the company.
The lack of AEW wrestlers released makes each one that does even more shocking. Nobody has been released due to a “cost-cutting” measure like WWE did over the last two years. Talent that have asked for their releases have been granted them.ĭisciplinary issues have, in extreme cases, led to AEW wrestlers being released from their deals. The only people to be released by AEW so far due to a handful of factors. The company has so far been very generous to it’s wrestlers, especially by not releasing anybody from their contracts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One notable thing about AEW is the low amount of AEW wrestlers released by AEW.
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