Backstage News on Trent Seven’s Status With AEW

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Trent Seven is currently negotiating a per-show contract with AEW.

On Friday night’s Rampage, Seven worked his second AEW match. According to a new report from the Wrestling Observer, the top UK talent is signed to a per-show contract rather than a full-time deal. There has been no word on how many appearances he will make with the company.

Kip Sabian chose Seven to be the mystery opponent for AEW All-Atlantic Champion Orange Cassidy on the December 9 Rampage show. In this week’s Rampage eight-man main event, Seven teamed up with Sabian, The Butcher, and The Blade to lose to Cassidy, Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor, and Dusty Rhodes.

During the ROH Final Battle media scrum last week, one night after Seven’s debut, AEW President Tony Khan commented on Seven’s AEW future. “He’s been in Texas, he obviously wrestled on ‘AEW Rampage’ last night, he could appear with us again. He could certainly appear with us again. He’s come and done really nice. So he’s been here for appearance. He competed last night and was here watching the show very keenly. He could be a good opponent for any champions in Ring of Honor. He was great in a championship match last night. Great show last night.”

Following stints with top UK and European promotions, Seven made his WWE debut in January 2017 for the first-ever WWE UK Title Tournament. A few months later, he signed with WWE and went on to become a top star for the NXT UK brand, which wrapped up in the summer as the company prepares to launch NXT Europe in 2023. Seven made several appearances on the main NXT brand as well. He and his Moustache Mountain partner Tyler Bate are former NXT UK Tag Team Champions and NXT Tag Team Champions. Seven was released by WWE on August 18, along with other NXT UK talent, and has since worked for OTT and now AEW.

Here are some highlights from Friday night’s Rampage main event:

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