AEW: Backstage Update on Jungle Jack Perry Signing New AEW Contract, Backstage Update on Kenny Omega’s AEW World Title Victory at 7/8 AEW Dynamite Beach Break 2026 Show

Backstage Update on Jungle Jack Perry Signing New AEW Contract

As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Beach Break 2026 show in Clearwater, Florida featured the announcement of Jungle Jack Perry re-signing with AEW to stay in the company for the foreseeable future. WWE was believed to have not had any internal discussions about potentially signing Perry had he been available on the free agency market.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Perry’s contract signing segment on the show was legitimate and it was the actual contract being signed by him.

It was reported that Perry had not re-signed with AEW prior to the segment on the show.

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Backstage Update on Kenny Omega’s AEW World Title Victory at 7/8 AEW Dynamite Beach Break 2026 Show

As noted before, this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Beach Break 2026 show in Clearwater, Florida featured Kenny Omega defeating MJF to become the new AEW World Champion. This match was notable for featuring the stipulation of if Omega lost, then he would never be allowed to challenge for the AEW World title again in his AEW career.

Fightful Select reported that while there was a talking point that AEW did their World title change on television to “steal thunder” from CM Punk’s Undisputed WWE title win at the July 6th episode of WWE, their sources within AEW stated that this was not the case.

Those spoken to reportedly stated that Omega winning the AEW World Championship was something that had been planned for months. Those same sources spoken to reportedly also stated that AEW officials had made the decision for Omega to win the title on AEW television before Sami Zayn’s Undisputed WWE title win at WWE Night of Champions 2026 even happened.