Various: Nick Aldis Impact Contract Update, Trinity Fatu Denies Lack of Stardom Contract Rumors, John Hennigan

Apr 23, 2023

Nick Aldis Reportedly Working Without a Contract in Impact

As noted before, former National Wrestling Alliance talent Nick Aldis made his surprise return to Impact Wrestling at this past Sunday’s Rebellion 2023 event in Toronto, Canada.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that despite Aldis stating that he had signed a deal with Impact, he is currently not under an actual contract with the company.

Johnson reported that Aldis’ deal with Impact was a short-term verbal agreement for the next several months. Johnson also reported that Impact officials currently have plans in place for Aldis to be involved in the Impact World title scene during this period.

Trinty Fatu Denies Rumors of Money Issues Being Reason for Lack of Stardom Signing

As noted before, New Japan Pro Wrestling and Stardom’s interest in signing Trinity Fatu, former Naomi in WWE, is currently rumored to be hampered by costs-related issues involving their parent company Bushiroad.

Fatu recently stated on Instagram that the rumors of monetary issues being the reason why Stardom has yet to sign her to an official contract are not true.

Trinity shuts down recent rumors of money issues with Stardom in Instagram Story!

“NOT TRUE” pic.twitter.com/o285IuuPGQ
— Trinity Fatu Source (@TrinityFatuNews) April 22, 2023

John Hennigan Comments on Future of His Wrestling Career & Being Glad AEW is Around Following WWE-UFC Merger

A recent episode of the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani show featured John Hennigan, former John Morrison in WWE, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Hennigan’s thoughts on if he would be interested in a return to WWE and the future of his wrestling career.

“I hate that place, but if they called me, I would go back …
Why do you hate it? Because it’s your dream, it’s what you watched as a kid, and then you show up and want to live your dream and do the things you dreamed of doing, but it’s a bastardized version of what you want to do. That was my experience. It’s not for everybody. I kind of exaggerated the hate thing to make a joke, but sure I’d go back. I try not to burn any bridges. I love the roster there, I love a lot of people there. I love the roster of AEW. Tony (Khan), I like a lot. Vince (McMahon), I actually like a lot too. I like all the minds in professional wrestling. The place that I go next, I want to have a good, honest talk with whoever is in charge, whether it’s Vince, Tony, the number one in charge of WWE-UFC with the merger, Nick Khan, whoever that might be, and find out exactly what they have planned for me and hopefully they’re honest. If I don’t like that, I probably won’t go, and if I do, I will. That’s more important than the money right now.”

Hennigan also gave his thoughts about being glad that AEW is around for wrestlers who could be getting released within the near future from WWE as part of WWE’s upcoming merger process with UFC.

“I think there’s a hiring freeze right now. I think they’re going to end up letting a bunch of guys go. I think salaries are going to get cut. I’m really glad AEW is around to balance that out a little bit, because if they weren’t, there would be no leverage, and nowhere else to go, and WWE and UFC would be this weird monopoly that just wrings the money out of the livelihood of the fighters and wrestlers and I always think that sucks.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com 1 & 2