Colt Cabana is technically still signed to All Elite Wrestling, but talent were told that wasn't always going to be the case.
As far back as March, Fightful heard rumblings from AEW talent that there was a bit of an internal uproar over the idea that Colt Cabana was not set to be renewed by All Elite Wrestling. Many of the roster assumed initially this was due to his contentious relationship (or lack thereof) with CM Punk, however, in the months that followed, the lessened focus on Dark Order in general and AEW not coming to terms with Alan Angels and Stu Grayson, changed a lot of of those assumptions. There were still many in both AEW and WWE who said they believed this after we ran the original story , even though Dax Harwood tweeted that the rumor was "100% fabrication."
We're told by numerous AEW talent that they caught wind several months ago that there was word that Colt Cabana's deal with the company was not being renewed. Cabana is an extremely popular person backstage both from his work in AEW and outside, and we've heard that numerous talent voiced their displeasure and went to bat for Cabana. Since then, he'd ended up working the ROH Supercard event.
Sources indicated to Fightful that Colt Cabana is almost never at AEW TV, if at all, and hasn't been booked to compete in some time. Around mid-April, most believed that Cabana would be re-signed as a part of the ROH brand. He remains on AEW's roster page.
Those we spoke with said Cabana was extremely happy in AEW.
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