Bobby Fish's time in AEW may be coming to an end

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Several In AEW Told Bobby Fish's AEW Deal Not Being Renewed

Bobby Fish's time with AEW may be coming to an end.

Fish has been missing from AEW programming in recent weeks, and the reason for that is now clear. We're told that Fish's contract is coming up, and he will likely be finishing with the company when it does, with the deal not being renewed. Fish last appeared on the August 3 episode of AEW Dynamite, when the Undisputed Elite returned. Fish, Adam Cole, and Kyle O'Reilly betrayed the Young Bucks to seemingly launch some sort of program, but they haven't been seen since.

Fish made his AEW debut in 2021 on the October 6 episode of AEW Dynamite, where he unsuccessfully challenged Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship. He subsequently signed a deal with the company and faced top names like Bryan Danielson and CM Punk. After a brief singles run, he aligned with Cole and the Young Bucks before O'Reilly arrived on the Holiday Bash episode of Dynamite in December. Since then, he has competed in several matches alongside O'Reilly, in addition to a few singles matches. He has been sparingly in recent months, perhaps in part due to injuries to both Cole and O'Reilly. He last wrestled for AEW at the July taping of AEW Dark: Elevation. Fish has been taking bookings on the independent scene; he defeated Yuya Uemura at DEFY Doomsayers on August 20.

Prior to his arrival in AEW, Fish was featured as a member of the Undisputed Era in WWE NXT for several years before he was released in a cost-cutting move on August 6, 2021. There, he won the NXT Tag Team Championship twice. Before that, he wrestled for ROH and NJPW; he is a three-time ROH World Tag Team Champion and a two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, among other accolades.

We've reached out to AEW and Bobby Fish for comment.

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WOR- Bobby Fish's AEW Contract Has Expired.​

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It’s now been reported on today’s Wrestling Observer Radio that, as of today, Fish’s deal has now expired and he’s done with the company:
Bryan Alvarez:
“It looks like Bobby Fish is likely done. His AEW contract expires I believe today.”
Dave Meltzer:
“It sounds early because he started in October, but I know you’re right. It’s not ‘probably’ – he’s done. It’s confirmed, he’s done. Whatever the deal was, either he was not offered a renewal or he chose not to be renewed.
 

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Last week, Bobby Fish makes fun of CM Punk, and says that he can't kick for shit.

This week, Bobby Fish doesn't have his contract renewed with AEW.

Hmmmm, coincidence?!
 
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I’ll be quite upset if AEW lets Bobby Fish go.
 
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Well I guess he’ll be showing up nxt soon to help Roddy. Damn
 
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If Fish does leave AEW, or gets signed to RoH, then I would like to see him go to NOAH since there are two matches there I would love to see.
 

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Last week, Bobby Fish makes fun of CM Punk, and says that he can't kick for shit.

This week, Bobby Fish doesn't have his contract renewed with AEW.

Hmmmm, coincidence?!

The timing certainly seems…. Fishy
:caruso

But let him come back to Papa H and him and Roddy can bolster up the Main Roster tag division


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I’ll be quite upset if AEW lets Bobby Fish go.
his contract is expired and it doesnt sound like he wanted to stick around, he's been talking shit about Punk on twitter for week and starting a podcast. dude has some questionable beliefs so I'm not overly surprised he's leaving. he's also 45 and injury prone if were being real. I like Fish as a performer, but the only thing I'm sad about is not getting the payoff to UE vs Elite.
 

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tl dr though, outside of that one match we're not getting ,are we really missing out on anything else with Fish? I dont think so
 

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this probably sheds some more light on the situation. Doesnt look like Kyle will be back for a long ass time. I think it's fair to say AEW didnt really see much value in Fish alone outside of getting Kyle and Cole , which they did.

One thing people forgot too that I saw mentioned on Grapsody:

Fish and Punk had a bout early when Punk came back, and this motherfucker Fish kicked out of the GTS at 3.1 . Kind of sounds like he was trying to bury Punk's finisher there like 1 month into his run, Im sure that didnt make him any friends backstage
 

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no to further burry the guy but this is the kind of stuff I was talking about regarding questionable beliefs:

Bobby Fish on Instagram: The end of human trafficking starts with #AWARENESS .. my friend @drakewuertzwwe a mighty man of God, organized and MC’ed a benefit for this cause to do just that! #SpreadTheAwareness

this was in 2020 for reference. he's pretty much a Q guy sadly
 

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Oh I remember when he kicked out right at 3 for that GTS last year :lol we all thought that was leading to something or that Bobby may have been concussed lmao
 

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Oh I remember when he kicked out right at 3 for that GTS last year :lol we all thought that was leading to something or that Bobby may have been concussed lmao
Yea in hindsight might just have been him going into business for himself lmao
 

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okay yeah this context helps more, the way Punk sold and made the slow cover made me 100% think this was planned but then there was just no follow up so very confused
 

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he's coming off kind of like a little bitch lol