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Last night at DEFY’s fifth anniversary show, Nick Wayne was offered an All Elite Wrestling contract from AEW wrestler Darby Allin. Nick Wayne is a 16 year old third generation wrestler and is the son of the late Buddy Wayne.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez noted that the contract would be something along the lines of a apprenticeship deal where Wayne has to finish high school. Once he turns 18, he would become a fully contracted AEW wrestler.
“Nick is now an AEW talent. and the story is that like four people knew. Among those four were not Nick Wayne, not me, not Nick Wayne’s mother of all people, who was there in tears. And they just got the thing arranged and presented him with the contract and they went backstage and he signed it.
I’m not sure the exact… They may call it an apprenticeship contract, I’m not sure exactly what it’s called. Essentially, what it is, he’s under contract, and he has to finish high school, he has to turn 18, and once that happens, he’ll become a full-fledged contracted AEW talent. But, he’s an AEW wrestler as of right now. It was an awesome moment…
I presume he’s going to continue to do whatever he’s doing, but I actually don’t know. Don’t know if they’re going to bring him in for Dark and Elevation. I don’t know what they’re going to do, but obviously he’s going to continue to work.”
We would have to wait to see what the future holds for Nick Wayne in All Elite Wrestling but as of right now Wayne is still scheduled for independent bookings including this upcoming weekend where he is scheduled to face Rich Swann at VXS and Jordan Oliver at Game Changer Wrestling.