Lucha star Arez has been the latest name to publicly ask for his release from MLW.
Today, Arez released a statement publicly asking for his release from MLW. In the statement Arez says he finds himself forced to address the situation publicly in hopes to come to a resolution on the issue. He asked MLW owner Court Bauer for his release over 6 months ago.
Arez signed a 3 year contract with MLW in Spring of 2021, but hasn’t been used in MLW since June 2022. He says, “the reality is that MLW has not offered me any matches in over 18 months, and I see no interest whatsoever in offering me any work.”
He also states the salary he was offered was considerably below his indie rate, but he accepted it in hopes to see his career grow. The full statement can be read below.
To the General Public:
I find myself forced to address the following situation publicly, with the hopes that a resolution can finally be found. I join the recent wave of fellow professional wrestlers that just like me, have requested their release from Major League Wrestling “MLW”) and its President and Owner, Court Bauer.
Firstly, I would like to very sincerely thank Mr. Bauer for his interest in my career more than 2 years ago when he invited me to join MLW. In Spring of 2021, AAA presented me an offer on behalf of MLW to join their roster for 3 years. Although I did not understand the contract, as it was never presented to me in Spanish and I am not an English speaker, and even though I did not have a work visa at the time of signing that would even allow me to accept a job offer in the USA, I told AAA that I was very interested and I signed said contract.
The salary I was offered contractually was considerably below my indie rate, but I accepted it as I hope to see my career grow by being a part of MLW.
The reality is that MLW has not offered me any matches in over 18 months, and I see no interest whatsoever in offering me any work. With this situation and knowing how much work it has cost me to survive based on my income as an independent wrestler, I respectfully requested my release to Mr. Bauer more than 6 months ago, which he refused.
MLW has refused to cancel my contract in writing, even though I don’t even believe it has any legal weight as I was ineligible for work in the US at the time of signing and a Spanish translation was never presented to me. If I had the resources and team to challenge this in court, I’m sure the outcome would be favorable, but since I do not have these resources, I’m forced to air this problem publicly since my family’s well-being is what is at stake. Reading the multiple reports about the recent wave of MLW talent similarly requesting their releases, I find myself obligated to join these voices and find a resolution to what I believe is an unfortunate situation for all parties.
I hope my fans and fans of Lucha Libre in general understand and can support me and any other wrestler caught in a similar situation of being tied to a company that has no interest in giving them work.
I hereby request once more to Mr. Court Bauer my full release in writing from MLW.
Sincerely,
Arez
In English…@MLW @courtbauer pic.twitter.com/ArkzoKGQve
— King Strange (@ArezStrange) November 8, 2023
MLW responded to the tweet stating that MLW notified AAA in May that both Arez and Aramis were released from their MLW contracts. Their response can be read below.
MLW notified AAA in May that both Arez and Aramis were released from the MLW contracts as AAA is a co-signee on both contracts.
AAA confirmed they would relay this to talent at that time. Evidently they did not.
We wish Aramis and Arez the best with the future.
MLW notified AAA in May that both Arez and Aramis were released from the MLW contracts as AAA is a co-signee on both contracts.
AAA confirmed they would relay this to talent at that time. Evidently they did not.
We wish Aramis and Arez the best with the future.
— MLW (@MLW) November 8, 2023
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