Eddie Kingston signs four-year deal with AEW

  • Ian Carey
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Eddie Kingston says he’s signed a new deal with AEW. 

The 41-year-old was interviewed by AdFreeShows.com recently and revealed that he and AEW have reached an agreement that will keep him in the company for four more years. 

“If you notice, you haven’t heard anything about me with contracts because I did my s**t on the low. My thing was coming up, I got four more years, so I’m straight. No one needs to know how much, no one needs to know how long, I got my s**t and I’m going to be there for a minute because there’s nowhere else I want to be,” Kingston said on the show.  

Kingston first debuted for the promotion on July 16, 2020, at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville when he challenged Cody Rhodes for the TNT Championship. AEW announced two weeks later that Kingston had signed with the promotion.   

Kingston is scheduled to defend both his ROH World title and the NJPW Strong Openweight title against Katsuyori Shibata at AEW WrestleDream on October 1. He’s also scheduled to team with Michael Oku and Hiroshi Tanahashi to face The United Empire’s Jeff Cobb, HENARE, and TJP at Royal Quest III on October 14. 

Kingston pulled out of upcoming independent bookings recently, citing a back injury and wanting to be healthy for upcoming AEW and NJPW shows as his reason. He was scheduled to defend his NJPW Strong Openweight title against Rocky Romero for DEFY on Saturday. Romero responded to the news on X, asking fans to support Kingston.