Backstage Update on Brian Cage’s Surprise Return at May 13th AEW Dynamite Show
As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Asheville, North Carolina featured Brian Cage making his surprise return from injury to AEW. Cage was revealed to be the mystery opponent for Kevin Knight’s Open Challenge for his TNT Championship. This was Cage’s first appearance since March of 2025 due to a knee injury.
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that prior to Cage’s surprise return this past week, he had been medically cleared for an in-ring return for well over a month.
Jungle Jack Perry AEW Contract Status Update
Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that they are unaware of Jungle Jack Perry’s current contract with AEW being set to expire soon in response to recent online rumors claiming otherwise.
It was reported that those spoken to stated that they had not heard of this for Perry until the rumors had emerged online.
It was also reported that they have heard nothing additional regarding Perry’s current contract status since the rumors emerged.
Nyla Rose AEW Contract Status Update
As noted before, Nyla Rose is currently scheduled to be competing in a match for Marigold at their upcoming Shine Forever 2026 event on May 23rd in Japan. Rose’s booking is notable for Marigold being a rival promotion to Stardom, which is currently partnered with AEW, and AEW CEO Tony Khan’s past issues with former Stardom and current Marigold owner Rossy Ogawa.
Fightful Select reported that while Rose has not competed on AEW television since 2024, their sources stated that she remains under contract with the company.
It was reported that Rose is currently healthy and fully cleared to wrestle.
Sidney Akeem Says He Is Close to Signing Contract with AEW & ROH
A recent episode of the Rewind Recap Relive podcast featured indies wrestler Sidney Akeem, former Reggie and Scrypts in WWE, as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Akeem revealing that he is close to signing an official contract with AEW for Ring of Honor.
“Because of where I come from and as a kid from St. Louis, my options as an adult were very limited. And now to think that I made it to the mountaintop in the circus world, I made it to WWE, I wrestled for TNA. And now, I am in the midst of getting a deal done with AEW…Ring of Honor.”
Akeem also gave his thoughts about his debut appearance in ROH and working under his new ring name of Soleil.
“I’m just like, what is this world?. What is this life that I’m living? And it felt so great to not only debut on Ring of Honor. I’ve done that years ago. But to put something that wasso close and personal, Soleil, on Ring of Honor, and then to get see the reception that it got … I mean in in in some ways it’s better than my WWE debut.”
Akeem has made several appearance for AEW’s ROH brand since August of 2024.
Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com
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