Maria Kanellis Officially Leaves AEW

Maria Kanellis is no longer All Elite. The former WWE, ROH and TNA star signed with the promotion in 2022, debuting on an episode of AEW Rampage to align with husband Mike Kanellis and his tag team partner Matt Taven of The Kingdom. The act featured on both AEW and ROH before Maria Kanellis drifted away from the pairing and began managing the duo of Cole Karter and Griff Garrison in Ring Of Honor exclusively. 

Kanellis took to X yesterday to publicly announce that this would be her final day as a part of AEW’s roster and would be open and free to take bookings. When asked in a reply about the possibility of a new deal with AEW, she responded with a simple ‘No thanks’. 

Earlier the day she also posted a cryptic post captioned ‘in the weeds’, perhaps in reference to a report that emerged about Tony Khan being more ‘in the weeds’ of AEW creative in recent weeks. 

It was known since last October that Maria Kanellis’ deal was set to expire, and it is now official that no agreement was made between the two sides for her to continue with AEW or ROH. 

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