By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Three wrestlers have exited AEW/ROH. Fightful.com reports that Matt Taven, Mercedes Martinez, and Alex Abrahantes are no longer with the company following the expiration of their contracts.
Powell’s POV: Martinez announced via social media on January 1 that this will be her final year as a full-time wrestler. “No contracts,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “No agents. No creative. Just me — and everything I’ve earned over 25 damn years in this business.”
Meanwhile, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Taven land in TNA, given that former ROH booker Hunter Johnston is leading the company’s creative. Abrahantes spent seven years with AEW. He also works as a guest host for QVC home shopping company. Here’s wishing them all the best going forward.
(Jason Powell, founder and editor of ProWrestling.net, has covered pro wrestling full-time dating back to 1997. He hosts a weekly podcast, Pro Wrestling Boom, and also appears regularly on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. Reach him via email at dotnetjason@gmail.com and on social media via @prowrestlingnet.bsky.social or x.com/prowrestlingnet. For his full bio and information on this website, click here.)
Welllll they already have a Mercedes there..lol