Report: WWE Had Little Interest in Jack Perry Even If He Had Become a Free Agent

Jack Perry’s future in All Elite Wrestling is no longer in question. During the July 8 edition of AEW Dynamite: Beach Break, the company aired a video package officially confirming that Perry has signed a new contract, putting to rest any uncertainty surrounding his status.

With the re-signing now public, additional reporting has shed light on the free-agent landscape Perry never actually entered. According to WrestleVotes via Fightful Select, WWE had little to no internal discussion about pursuing Perry, even hypothetically. The prevailing sentiment within WWE, per the report, was that he simply did not fit the company’s current direction.

For Perry, the new deal cements his place in a promotion where his trajectory has been anything but quiet. He became one of wrestling’s most talked-about figures following a backstage altercation with CM Punk at AEW All In 2023 — an incident that contributed to Punk’s exit from the company and earned Perry a suspension. AEW later made waves by broadcasting security footage of the confrontation during a 2024 television episode, an unusual and polarizing move that kept the story in the spotlight long after the dust had settled.

Now on the other side of that turbulence, Perry appears to be a long-term piece of AEW’s puzzle. With a new deal in place and WWE apparently never in the picture, his path forward runs squarely through All Elite Wrestling.