{"id":707890,"date":"2026-07-23T23:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707890\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T23:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T23:29:11","slug":"tony-khan-says-he-plans-to-grant-tay-melo-her-aew-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/707890\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan says he plans to grant Tay Melo her AEW release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Khan says he plans to grant Tay Melo her release from AEW.<\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s AEW Redemption <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WONF4W\/status\/2080387445607092283\" rel=\"nofollow\">media call,<\/a> the AEW president confirmed that Melo asked for her release, as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/members.f4wonline.com\/subscriber-exclusives\/exclusive-update-on-sammy-guevara-tay-melos-aew-present-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>. However, Khan said the request was made a few weeks ago and initially took him by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>Khan said Melo asked for her release following a match on Collision, telling him that she wanted to step away from wrestling. He added that he now plans to grant the request.<\/p>\n<p>Melo last wrestled on AEW programming on the June 6, 2026, edition of AEW Collision in Youngstown, Ohio, where TayJay lost an AEW Women\u2019s World Tag Team title match to Divine Dominion.<\/p>\n<p>Khan also addressed the status of Tay\u2019s husband, Sammy Guevara, confirming that there has never been any change in Guevara\u2019s status with the company.<\/p>\n<p>According to Khan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/news\/aew\/sammy-guevara-tay-melo-aew-status-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guevara<\/a> texted him earlier today to say that he was not trying to stir things up when he recently changed his social media bio. Some fans had incorrectly assumed that Guevara removed references to AEW from his profile.<\/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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/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\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784849351_929_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\/former-wwe-njpw-wrestler-reportedly-backstage-at-aew-dynamite\/?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 says he plans to grant Tay Melo her release from AEW. 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