Miro reportedly has requested AEW release

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After not having wrestled since last December, Miro has reportedly requested his release from AEW.

Fightful first reported the news on Friday, adding that he had signed a four-year extension in the spring of 2022 after inking an initial two-year deal in September 2020.

The impetus for why the request has come now is unknown. The outlet noted there was consideration for Miro to be in the Casino gauntlet match at August’s All In and that he had pitched working with Jon Moxley earlier this year.

The 38-year-old has been used sparingly since the start of 2022, wrestling just 11 times with no appearances this year. His last match was at December 2023’s Worlds End when he defeated Andrade El Idolo in the latter’s final AEW match before returning to WWE.

Now reportedly healthy, the former TNT Champion said this past April that he was recovering from both a shoulder and elbow injury suffered in late-2023 that he finally addressed in January. In the same interview, he said AEW head Tony Khan was “great,” “creative” and that “he’s always thinking about how to get things better.”

Miro debuted with AEW during the pandemic era, making his in-ring debut in September 2020 as part of a team with Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford. He then won the TNT title over Darby Allin in May 2021 and held it through September 2021 when he lost to Sammy Guevara. He never competed for the company’s World title, but was in a four-way for the inaugural International title (then All-Atlantic) at June 2022’s Forbidden Door.