Ex-AEW Star Opens Up About ‘Dangerous Place’ Creatively

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Fuego Del Sol has opened up about the ‘dangerous place to be’ that he found himself in when it came to his position in AEW.

The former AEW star announced his departure from the company in June 2023, revealing his time there would end on July 1.

On his YouTube channel, Fuego Del Sol went into more detail about his time at AEW, revealing:

“When I initially signed my contract in 2021, it was to a four-year deal, potentially. It was a one-year deal with three optional years.

“AEW had the option to renew me each year around July or August and let me know if I was going to be with the company another year. If they did, I would get a raise in my salary.”

He would then go into detail about the first two years of his contract, saying:

“The first year started well, I was appearing alongside Sammy Guevara a bunch, I got to introduce my son Fuego 2 and we got to takeoff as a tag team, and Malakai Black pitched to work with me and we had a small feud on Rampage.

“The second year is where things got a little rough. At the start of my second year, my series of matches with House of Black had just finished. Sammy went a different direction creatively and due to the mysterious disappearance of my son, Fuego 2, I wasn’t being brought to TV or on Dark that often.”

He would conclude by revealing the issues with not being used on television, concluding:

“That’s a dangerous place to be. I feel like my value was being in Dark matches or TV matches getting squashed quickly, but as long as I was wrestling every week, I would be able to get over without going over.

“As long as I was backstage, I would be able to film more stuff with Sammy Guevara’s vlog and build my online following.

“The fact that I wasn’t being brought to TV often means I slowly got stuck in the scary cycle of ‘creative has nothing for you.”

His return from an injury suffered in early 2023 would mark the end of his time with AEW with Fuego revealing he received the news that his contract wasn’t being renewed in a phone call.

Transcript from Fightful.

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