Following Brian Pillman Jr.’s departure from AEW and subsequent appearance at the WWE Performance Center, in Orlando, Florida, Pillman Jr. has been a topic of discussion among wrestling fans.
His AEW departure occurred when his contract with the promotion expired, and his profile was removed from AEW website’s roster. This came after he spent three years with the company, mostly working on Dark and Dark: Elevation with Griff Garrison.
Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that there is no hiring freeze in WWE. Instead, WWE is restricting who they bring in until the WWE-UFC merger is complete.
Still, if it was a big name like Kenny Omega, they would welcome the person, but the general consensus in WWE is that they already have too many wrestlers in whom they’ve invested time and money to bring in someone else with so few spots available.
Meltzer wrote, “Someone in WWE noted to us about Brian Pillman Jr., who AEW didn’t renew the contract of and his training at the Performance Center, and that while not impossible, it would be less likely he’d be hired right now until after the merger is complete.”
The WWE-UFC merger is set to be finalized later this year.
