AEW: Queen Aminata Announces AEW Extended Her Contract To Feb. 2027, Backstage Update on Private Party Abscense & Contracts Status, Ricochet Files New Trademark

Queen Aminata Announces AEW Extended Her Contract To Feb. 2027

Queen Aminata recently released a new vlog on her official website. One of the topics discussed included Aminata revealing that AEW recently extended her contract to February of 2027.

“AEW extended my beautiful, juicy contract to February 2027. Even though my neck is messed up right now and I can’t wrestle, I’m very happy and very motivated. I can’t wait to go back.”

Aminata has been signed with AEW since February of 2024 and has been working for the company since 2021. Aminata is currently out of action for AEW and ROH since this past November due to a neck-related injury.

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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Backstage Update on Private Party Abscense & Contracts Status

Private Party’s Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy’s have been absent for AEW since losing the AEW World Tag Team Championship to The Hurt Syndicate in January of 2025.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources stated that Quen was in attendance backstage at an AEW event a couple of months ago but beyond that, not much else has been heard about Private Party.

Sapp reported that both Quen and Kassidy are still under contracts with AEW but the expiration dates for their contracts are not the same and instead expire at different dates from each other.

Sapp also reported that WWE did have interest at one point in potentially signing Private Party if they were available on the market.

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Ricochet Files New Trademark

Ricochet filed a new trademark for “The Trendsetter” on January 12th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

While the exact use for this new trademark is currently not known, it is speculated to be for a potential new nickname for Ricochet in AEW.

Portion of trademark filing:

“Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; providing online interviews featuring a professional wrestler and sports entertainer in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes; entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer.”