AEW: Dustin Rhodes New Contract with AEW Reportedly is Six Years in Length, Kevin Von Erich Signs Legends Type Contract with AEW, More News

Jul 11, 2025

Dustin Rhodes New Contract with AEW Reportedly is Six Years in Length

As noted before, Dustin Rhodes signed a new multi-year contract with AEW this past December to keep him in the company for the foreseeable future.

Dallas Morning News’ Evan Grant reported that Rhodes had informed him that his new contract with AEW is for six years in lenth and will keep him in the company through December of 2030.

Grant reported that should Rhodes make it to the end of his deal, he would have reached six decades in the business.

Grant also reported that Rhodes’ new contract covers him working as an in-ring talent, coach, and an ambassador for AEW.

Kevin Von Erich Signs Legends Type Contract with AEW

A recent episode of The Claw with Ross & Marshall Von Erich podcast featured The Von Erichs announcing that their father and wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich recently signed a Legends type contract with AEW.

Marshall Von Erich – “My dad is officially AEW. He’s on the team. He’s with AEW now. We were surprised, too. ‘Yeah man, I’m on the team now.“
Ross Von Erich – “He’s basically got sort of a legends deal kind of thing, which is awesome. AEW was able to do some cool stuff like that.“
Marshall – “I’m so happy AEW…guys that didn’t have a full career in WWE or don’t have a long history with them, it’s cool to have a place for them. What they know, they still have tons of tools to help younger guys. Having guys like my dad in the locker room, you’ll get better. When my dad is in the locker room, he’ll be in deep conversation with one of the wrestlers. It’s crazy who he impacts and talks to. Ross and I were impressed with the people that really respect him. Will Ospreay, we saw him in passing, and he loved our family and was really impacted by it. You’re surprised at how many people know the story, especially in current wrestling. Will really is a student. MJF watches World Class all the time.“

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

AEW News & Notes

CryptoManiaks recently released a study focusing which wrestlers current and former in receive the most online abuse. This list was dominated by women, who took 11 out of the 17 wrestlers listed. In regards to AEW, Mercedes Mone was ranked the highest at #3, followed by Saraya at #4, Chris Jericho at #7, The Young Bucks at #9, Jon Moxley at #11, Britt Baker at #13, Will Ospreay at #14, and Ricochet at tied for #15. Following the release of the study, Ricochet responded in character on Twitter stating “I’m coming for that #1 spot.“

The Players’ Tribune and AEW recently released a new documentary video based on Mark Briscoe titled “The Players’ Tribune & AEW Present Two In One: The Briscoe Story.”

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that AEW officials have held discussions regarding several talents getting special entrances for their matches at this Saturday’s All In Texas event in Arlington, Texas. Those being considered for potential special entrances reportedly included Kenny Omega, Will Ospreay, Mercedes Mone, and “Timeless” Toni Storm. It was reported that it is currently not confirmed if all of them are happening. It was also reported that there were also crossover integrations discussed for them at the event.

Ortiz and The Butcher were recently announced to be making an appearance for PPV.com’s live chat of AEW’s upcoming All In Texas event on their service.

Amine streaming company Crunchyroll announced that they have recently partnered with Mercedes Mone for the release of limited edition anime-inspired Mone merchandise. It was also announced that this special merchandise will be avaliable to purchase at their online store and this year’s Starrcast Texas and San Diego Comic Con events. A portion of the proceeds was announced to be donated to Step Up.

As noted before, WWE is currently planning to hold this year’s NXT Heatwave event on the same date as AEW’s co-promoted Forbidden Door 2025 event on August 24th. In a response from a report from WrestleVotes about TKO Group and WWE planning to hold more shows on the same days as AEW’s PPV events as counter programming, Ricochet responded on Twitter stating “Bitch move.“

As noted before, Jay White has been out of action for AEW since this past April due to a broken hand injury. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources stated that White’s injury was more serious than initially believed by AEW officials. Those spoken to reportedly stated that AEW will be taking their time in getting White back on the road and cleared for an in-ring return.

In a recent interview with the Wrestling Observer Radio, Kenny Omega gave his thoughts about Will Ospreay and Swerve Strickland teaming up at All In Texas and how he has always wanted to prove he can do more than serious singles matches in his wrestling career. Omega stated “If something is working and if something can become a commodity, there is no reason to fight it. I do think the idea of ‘your top guys must be singles performers and must have singles matches,’ I’ve heard that my whole career as well. ‘If we’re getting Kenny, it better be a singles match with no hijinx, no interference.’ They just want it to be serious and hard-hitting. I’m sorry, but I feel like I have more to offer than that and I want to prove I have more to offer than that. I want to be able to have great tag matches and a great three-way or four-way. I want to be able to do a great battle royal or make people laugh if I need to, if that’s the appropriate place to do it. I think Will and Swerve want to prove that too. They want to prove they can be complete, all-around professional wrestlers. If having a great tag team run is a way for them to do that, show that, and there is money in that and the fanbase and viewership goes up because of it, no reason not to do it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Fightful, Kevin Knight gave his thoughts about JetSpeed’s upcoming match against The Hurt Syndicate for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at All In Texas and his belief that JetSpeed is the team that will carry AEW for years to come. Knight stated “Again, it’s an opportunity to be successful, an opportunity to show it’s me and Speedball will carry this company with the next few years in the 2020s and the 2030s. Nick Wayne got his time coming. Also, not only do I got to bring my best self, I got a couple of packages of Just for Men, for Bobby, for the whole Hurts Syndicate, for Christian as well. I got some Pampers in the back for my man Nick Wayne, too. Fake ID if he needs that for the after-party. We’ve got a couple of things in mind we want to bring to the party.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)