AEW Star Breaks Silence After Tony Khan Confirms Plans For Their Release
An AEW wrestler has posted on social media after Tony Khan revealed he will grant a release request.
Tay Melo has been a part of the AEW roster for nearly six years. During her AEW career, Tay also took time off to have a daughter with her AEW wrestler husband, Sammy Guevara.
The 31-year-old Brazilian Melo worked in WWE developmental for four years until her release in 2020. Melo signed with AEW in the summer of 2020 and was often featured in a tag team with Anna Jay. The team was known as TayJay.
In Melo’s last AEW match in June, she teamed with Jay in a losing effort against the AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions, Divine Dominion.
The reason it’s the last match for Melo is that AEW Owner Tony Khan confirmed that Tay requested her release, and Khan is going to grant that request because Melo is planning to step away from pro wrestling.
Tony Khan Is Granting Tay Melo’s AEW Release
At the AEW Redemption Media Call, Tony Khan spoke about Tay’s desire to leave pro wrestling.
“And then with Tay, also a lot of inaccurate things I saw about Tay. And to be honest, in this case, there was smoke to the fire, but people were reporting the fire in the wrong place. So what does that really accomplish?
With Tay, Tay has said she wanted to step away from wrestling. She said I love AEW, and I love the people here, but I wanted to step away from AEW, and step away from wrestling. And that’s what she told me. That wasn’t in 2025. That was weeks ago at Collision after she wrestled against the Divine Dominion. And she came to me after the match, and said I would like a release. And I was taken aback, and we had a very nice talk.
It’s far to the contrary of what I’ve seen reported about this being last year, or that it’s been an ongoing thing. And I heard from Tay this week, and she said she’s not putting those reports out, and it really bothered her. And we haven’t had an unpleasant conversation ever. I’ve always had a very good relationship with Tay. And she has asked about stepping away recently. It hasn’t been a long thing. And also I haven’t kept her here. Since that talk I haven’t brought her back [or] booked her, and I am gonna give Tay that release.”
On Instagram, Tay Melo shared photos while saying he had a strong body and a strong mind.
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As for Tay’s husband Sammy Guevara, Tony Khan confirmed that the AEW original remains under contract to the company and that Sammy regularly appears on ROH these days.
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