AEW: Santana Status Update, MJF on Contract Length, AEW’s Christmas Week Show Update

Reason for Santana’s Absence on AEW Dynamite

This past Wednesday’s “Winter is Coming” themed episode of AEW Dynamite featured members of the Inner Circle involved in matches during the show. A notable absence from the group was Santana.

Bodyslam.net’s Cassidy Haynes reported that the reason for Santana’s absence from the show was due to personal reasons that are not health-related. Haynes reported that Santana was also not at AEW’s television tapings on Thursday meaning that he will also not be appearing on next week’s episode of Dynamite.

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MJF Comments on Length of His Current AEW Contract

Combat sports website MMAFighting.com held a recent interview with MJF and one of the topics discussed included MJF revealing the length of his current contract with AEW.

“And if you don’t make it in AEW, the only person you have to blame is the person you see in the mirror. You’re not being held back in AEW, nobody’s handing me a script in AEW because they know if they did, I’d chew it up and spit in their face. That’s what All Elite Wrestling is. We’re all going out there and we’re doing our thing, we’re doing our version of what we feel the sport of professional wrestling is supposed to be and what I feel the sport of professional wrestling is supposed to be is just me, my face, 24/7 and if we can be honest here, it’s working out for All Elite Wrestling which is why they signed me to a five-year deal.”

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AEW has been signing most of their key younger talent to deals five years in length.

Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com

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AEW’s Christmas Week Show Expected to be Preempted on TNT

The National Basketball Association recently released the first half schedule for their upcoming 2020-2021 basketball season.

Among the nationally televised games on the schedule includes the Boston Celtics facing off against the Milwaukee Bucks on December 23rd on TNT. This game is currently scheduled to start at 7:30PM. Both the date and time for this game is in the same time frame as AEW Dynamite’s currently scheduled Christmas week show on the network.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp reported on Twitter that he recently contacted AEW officials to get an answer on how this will be affecting their broadcast plans for their upcoming Christmas week show.

The Bucks/Celtics game on Wednesday the 23rd is set for TNT, which is the usual AEW Dynamite time slot. I’ve reached out to AEW officials on broadcast plans https://t.co/rzxZAdCNSL

— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 4, 2020