AEW Star Details Lucha Underground Contract ‘Nightmare’

AEW star Sonny Kiss has spoken about the “nightmare” situation he and a number of others found themselves in regarding contracts with Lucha Underground.

Following Lucha Underground season four, there was a lot of controversy as despite their not being a season five, the promotion was keeping talent under contract and they were unable to sign elsewhere.

This led to a number of lawsuits and eventually talent managed to get out of these deals and were able to get back on with their professional lives.

One of these individuals was Sonny Kiss, who as we know went on to sign with AEW.

Speaking on Talk is Jericho, Kiss discussed the process of signing with AEW and the LU situation, saying:

“Brandi slid into my DMs [Laughs]. She messaged me and goes, ‘Are you signed anywhere? We’d like you to come to our first show.’ I was like, ‘Yes, but I can still do other bookings.’ [I was signed] to Lucha Underground. Thankfully, we were allowed to do everything but the other company [WWE] so I was able to still do it, but I didn’t get my official contract [with AEW] until way after. That contract issue [with Lucha Underground] it was a nightmare. We were maybe making four grand a year. We couldn’t sign anywhere else at all. There were times when I couldn’t pay my cell phone bill, anything. [Fenix and Pentagon] were one of the first to get out and I was happy for them. I was one of the last. Cody was like, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll still book you and make sure you’re still here.’ I didn’t get my [AEW] contract until TV happened.”

Transcription via Fightful

• Sonny Kiss
• lucha underground
• AEW
• contract

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