Anthony Ogogo Confirms AEW Contract Extension

Anthony Ogogo won't be leaving All Elite Wrestling in the near future.

It was reported in the Summer of 2023 that Ogogo had re-signed with AEW and the Olympic bronze medallist has now confirmed the deal during an appearance on AEW Unrestricted. Ogogo is reportedly under contract until the start of 2025. 

"There's working there (on the independents) and there's working AEW. So I'm in a weird situation now where I think there's a lot of potential around me and Tony Khan has signed me and he's re-signed me. So he obviously sees something in me and I have this aura which people haven't got because they haven't done what I've done in real life. But it's like, I need to get the experience. It's what do you do? Do I put myself out and do every indie? Just go on and get the experience? But then again, working in front of 100 people is very different to working in front of 5,000 against somebody else, or do I just kind of sit and be patient? But I don't wanna be patient... I don't wanna be patient anymore. I wanna show my worth. I just wanna show what I can do... If I didn't think I could deliver, I wouldn't be saying this. But I know what I can do, I know what I have. I just wanna contribute," Ogogo said. 

Ogogo hasn't wrestled for All Elite Wrestling in a broadcasted match since August 2022 and his last televised appearance was during the All In pre-show when he helped Grado and Paul Wight take out Jeff Jarrett, Jay Lethal, Satnam Singh, and Sonjay Dutt. 

Speaking further, Ogogo expressed his unhappiness about his treatment at All In, noting that he feels like he can headline shows for the promotion.

"I'm not being ungrateful, I'm not being disrespectful - I hope I'm not. I don't mean to come close to being disrespectful but, even with that, hadn't been seen in a year, because I haven't been seen. I've been waiting for the phone call to do this and then, we came out; me, Paul (Wight) and Grado (at AEW All In), British wrestling legend Grado come and do our little thing and it was like, Paul's music hit. I get that because he's a big star, he's been around for 25 years and you know, Captain Insano and all that. He's a wrestling legend. Again, his music hit, and then I came out with him like his little brother, you know what I mean? I haven't been seen in a year... then Grado came out and Grado, he's a lovely guy, I love Grado. He's a lovely guy. He's really, really, really good. But he's not signed to AEW. He's not signed to AEW, he's never gonna headline a show in AEW I don't think, maybe unless - it's wrestling, right? Never say never in wrestling. He's really, really good," Ogogo added.

"But it's like, Paul is at the end of his career. Grado is not even signed to the company and I was a little sh*t bit in a sandwich coming out in the middle. I genuinely feel like I can headline shows in AEW. I genuinely feel like at Wembley, being next year or the year before, I can be at the top of their thing. When I joined AEW, that's what was pitched to me and I'm thinking, I haven't been seen in a year. I'm back in London. I could've made a massive - this could've been like, not all about me, but I could've been made much bigger in that moment. Me coming out, my music hitting, f*ck, Ogogo’s back, f*ck, Ogogo's - I watched him in the Olympics here 10 years ago and I think with me, the ball's been dropped many times along the way... It wasn't quite - when I joined AEW, it wasn't quite what I thought it was gonna be, it hasn't quite turned out thus far what I hoped it could've been or I think it could have been, you know? Listen, that being said, all I can do is work hard and give it my all and when the call comes, hopefully the call will come, to show up and turn up and that's what I’m doing."

Ogogo has only had one pay-per-view match since signing with All Elite Wrestling, a disastrous match with Cody Rhodes at Double or Nothing 2021 built around the United States vs. the United Kingdom. Ogogo took time off shortly after the match to undergo his 10th eye surgery and he hasn't been used on TV since in a wrestling capacity. 

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