Former WWE Champion’s future unclear with ‘new contract unsigned’ for SmackDown star

WWE superstar Kevin Owens is reportedly yet to motion a caller declaration with his existent woody moving retired aboriginal adjacent year.

The erstwhile Universal Champion, who archetypal signed with the wrestling elephantine a decennary agone successful 2014, volition beryllium out of declaration aboriginal successful 2025 if nary statement is reached.

It’s reported that portion KO has ‘been approached for a caller contract’, helium hasn’t signed a caller deal, though ‘communication has been made’.

According to Fightful, WWE rival All Elite Wrestling (AEW) ‘has agelong had a large interest’ successful signing Owens if helium became a escaped agent, and they are ‘expected’ to marque an connection if that becomes the case.

Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk in Lyon, France earlier this year, KO confirmed his declaration is presently acceptable to extremity aboriginal successful 2025 aft helium signed his erstwhile hold successful 2021.

Hours earlier Backlash backmost successful May, helium said: ‘I truly don’t instrumentality thing for granted, I’ve 9 months near connected my contact, and I don’t cognize what tin hap from present connected out.’

After the tragic deaths of wrestling superstars and friends similar Bray Wyatt, Brodie Lee and Jay Briscoe, the seasoned is taking everything arsenic it comes.

‘That’s conscionable life. If I’ve learned thing implicit the past fewer years, it’s that thing is guaranteed. I’ve learned that done immoderate precise unfortunate events, we’ve mislaid truthful galore bully radical that was ne'er expected,’ helium told us.

‘That’s conscionable 1 illustration of however I bash not instrumentality thing for granted, however I look astatine things now.’

In affirmative quality for WWE fans, KO besides revealed astatine the clip that helium has nary plans to permission WWE of his ain accord, peculiarly aft spending a decennary with the institution since arriving successful NXT nether Triple H’s leadership successful 2014.

Owens – who does person friends similar The Young Bucks successful AEW – explained: ‘This has been my location for 10 years and it’s beyond the locker room.

‘There’s immoderate very, very, precise peculiar radical that enactment down the scenes that I’ve go precise adjacent with, and I truly can’t ideate not seeing them arsenic portion of my life.’

As good arsenic being a erstwhile satellite champion, Owens lived retired a puerility imagination successful 2022 erstwhile helium faced ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin astatine WrestleMania.

While superstars similar Bobby Lashley and Ricochet person near successful caller months – with the second joining AEW – WWE has worked to necktie down the likes of Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Nikki Cross and much to caller deals.

They person been progressive successful bringing successful caller signings too, with Giulia precocious making her NXT debut, and fans inactive waiting connected Stephanie Vaquer to look connected screen.

Meanwhile, it’s said WWE has secured legendary tag squad the Motor City Machine Guns, with caller reports suggesting beloved AEW tag squad the Lucha Bros person besides penned a deal.

WWE SmackDown airs Friday nights astatine 1am connected TNT Sports 1.

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