Backstage Update on The IInspiration Signing with AEW

As noted before, former TNA talents The IInspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee) made their official surprise debut for AEW at Sunday’s AEW House Rules Australia show in Boondall, Queensland, Australia. The IInspiration were confirmed to have signed official contracts with AEW following their announcement on the show that they were “All Elite.”

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that McKay and Lee has signed multi-year contracts with AEW and their arrival to the company had been a “foregone conclusion” for the past month.

In regards to their departure from TNA following the Impact! AMC premiere show, it was reported that The IInspiration had been working without contracts for TNA since this past October and their departure from the company was amicable. It was previously reported that AEW had been interested in the duo following their departure from TNA.

In regards to potential interest from WWE, those spoken to within WWE stated that they believed that the duo would be AEW-bound if they didn’t appear at this past January’s Royal Rumble 2026 event.