{"id":821790,"date":"2026-07-23T22:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821790\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:54:11","slug":"update-on-anna-jays-status-with-aew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821790\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Anna Jay\u2019s status with AEW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Khan provided an update on Anna Jay\u2019s status with AEW during Thursday\u2019s AEW Redemption media call.<\/p>\n<p>Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WONF4W\/status\/2080387445607092283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2080387445607092283%7Ctwgr%5E6a7671cccb39b19bcd67b95884b271735d161cdd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.f4wonline.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">revealed<\/a> that the 28-year-old recently extended her contract with AEW. However, the AEW president also said that Anna is currently out with an undisclosed injury and underwent an MRI last week.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old has not wrestled since TayJay lost an AEW Women\u2019s World Tag Team title match to Divine Dominion on the June 6, 2026, edition of AEW Collision from Youngstown, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Tay Melo also has not wrestled since that match. Khan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/tony-khan-says-he-plans-to-grant-tay-melo-her-aew-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a> during Thursday\u2019s media call that Tay recently requested her release from AEW and wants to step away from wrestling. Khan said that he plans to grant the request.<\/p>\n<p>AEW first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/aew-announces-signing-anna-jay-308301\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> the signing of Anna Jay in December 2020, one week after she made her promotional debut in a loss to Hikaru Shida on an episode of Dynamite.<\/p>\n<p>She was a student of QT Marshall\u2019s at the Nightmare Factory wrestling school in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked about Sammy Guevara and Tay Melo, Tony Khan said he thought the situation was unusual as nothing has changed for Sammy. He said he got a message from Guevara that he wasn&#8217;t trying to do anything bad and that he loves AEW.<\/p>\n<p>He said the status for both Tay Melo and Anna Jay\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwxNAkEjBi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cwxNAkEjBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wrestling Observer (@WONF4W) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WONF4W\/status\/2080387445607092283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"preferred-source-link\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Google-CTA.jpg\" alt=\"Google Icon\" class=\"google-icon\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/author\/ian-carey\/\" title=\"Ian Carey\" class=\"gms-profile-image\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784847251_301_f5822920a4c232468afdbea783982fd8d98e430cf287d1423a1145a8d2a7ba86.png\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" alt=\"Ian Carey\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Ian Carey<\/p>\n<p>Ian Carey is a writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, whose work has appeared in award-winning publications such as NOW Magazine and The Huffington Post. He joined the F4WOnline team in 2019 and was named managing editor in the summer of 2026. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Ian has covered professional wrestling for more than 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/tony-khan-says-he-plans-to-grant-tay-melo-her-aew-release\/?utm_source=navigation-previous&amp;utm_medium=internal\" class=\"gms-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previous story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Khan provided an update on Anna Jay\u2019s status with AEW during Thursday\u2019s AEW Redemption media call. 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