Brian Pillman Jr. AEW’s contract reportedly expires
This report has been updated.
Brian Pillman Jr.'s AEW contract expired and was not renewed by the company, making him a free agent.
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PWInsider reported the news Tuesday following questions arising his removal from the roster page of the AEW website.
As of this writing, the second generation wrestler has not posted anything on social media about his AEW run or acknowledging his departure.
Pillman Jr. has remained active on the indies throughout his AEW tenure that began in 2019, but only has nine matches with the company this year. The last two of them were on house shows while the two before that were on AEW Dark. Only one of the nine was televised: a February 2023 Rampage loss to Swerve Strickland in Dayton, Ohio.
He made his AEW debut at 2019's Double or Nothing in a Casino Battle Royale. He was eventually paired with Griff Garrison and later named The Varsity Blonds in the latter part of 2020. The two did have several winning streaks, one of which brought them to an AEW Tag Team title shot against then-champions The Young Bucks.
The two eventually lost the "Varsity" part of their name in a match to Tony Nese & Josh Woods and their team dissolved in late-2022 when Garrison got injured.
Pillman Jr. teamed with Brock Anderson sparingly since December as his appearances on AEW programming became less and less.