AEW Star Dismisses Long-Running WWE Speculation

An AEW star is focused on the task at hand.

After an eight-year run with WWE, Buddy Matthews signed with AEW in February 2022. The star immediately aligned with Malakai Black and Brody King as the House of Black, before going on to win the World Trios Titles.

However, Matthews has been repeatedly linked with a move back to his former employer where his wife Rhea Ripley has become one of the biggest stars in the industry.

During an interview with Wrestle Radio Australia, Matthews was asked whether the talk about him returning to WWE impacts his performances.

“It doesn’t impact anything. It’s.. anything that is on Insta, Twitter, or what’s it called? X, X? I don’t even use it. It’s just called negative to me. Like there is nothing positive on that. It’s just where people can honestly feel better about It doesn’t do anything positive in the world. This is my perception of it.

So, the ideas of listening to people talk contracts and you can speculate, but when you’re putting it on a forum to try and generate either a negative, because you’re trying to generate a negative reaction regardless, because it’s not ever put in a positive way. You’re just trying to get people on your side. So, it doesn’t affect me because I don’t even look at it. The performance doesn’t affect that because i have a job that needs to be done.

So, the speculation is fine, but it doesn’t affect me. I guess it’s a long thing. But, yeah, I need to get that thing out that what people say and how they determine it and what they want to put out, that doesn’t, like, it’s in one area. It’s look and move past.

I feel like a lot of people on Twitter think that they have enough power and they’re trying to generate a reaction. But to be fair, no one’s giving a sh*t.”

AEW Star Closer Than Ever To WWE Switch

While Buddy Matthews is seemingly content to stay where he is, Penta is closer than ever to finally signing with WWE.

Following reports that his contract expired on December 1st, Penta has now been removed from the AEW roster page on the company’s website. The star, along with his brother and tag team partner Rey Fenix have been linked with a move to WWE for several months.

However, Fenix remains under contract until well into 2025, despite an unwillingness from Tony Khan to use him on television.

H/t to Fightful