The free agent market is going crazy with ex-WWE stars just in time for AEW’s next PPV

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 07: Aleister Black and Zelina look on during SmackDown at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on November 7, 2025 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Photo by Craig Melvin/WWE via Getty Images) | WWE via Getty Images This week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter provides a useful reminder for wrestling fans that the free agent market is about to go crazy in the middle of next week. That’s because WWE released a whole bunch of talented stars after WrestleMania 42, and many of those 90-day non compete clauses are ending next week. “These former WWE wrestlers become free agents at midnight on 7/23: Taylor Rotunda/Bo Dallas, 36, Joseph Ruby, 38, (Joe Gacy), Joseph Ruud, 44 (Erick Rowan), Samuel Shaw, 42 (Dexter Lumis), Tom Budgen, (Aleister Black), Thea Trinidad Budgen, 35 (Zelina Vega), Kairi Housako, 37 (Kairi Sane), Jorge Alcantar, 42 (Santos Escobar), Theresa Serrano, 32 (Zoey Stark), Chris Sabin, 44 and Patrick Martin, 43 (Alex Shelley).” It’s a loaded list of t