AEW’s roster has been on a roll in recent months Dani LunaThe New Level and Motor City Machine Guns. More names are expected to emerge in the future.
By: Fighting SelectFormer WWE United States Champion Ilya Dragunov after settling his visa situation. has officially put pen to paper with All Elite Wrestling. The magazine also confirmed that the mystery vignette featured on Wednesday’s special episode of AEW Collision is of Dragunov. The 22-second clip showed a sharply dressed man walking through a nightclub as classical music played and a metronome ticked back and forth.
Dragunov left WWE over the summer after not renewing the contract. It is not known if his next AEW debut will be at this weekend’s WrestleDream pay-per-view or elsewhere.
Another name recently linked to AEW is former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Kairi Sane, who left the company in 2012. WWE Mass Talent Release April 2026. Sane and AEW officials have reportedly held discussions about the possibility of bringing the Pirate Princess to the next ship there, but as of this week, Fightful Select indicated that no deal had been reached.
Sane has a history with AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Monae, having wrestled each other in WWE and New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Monae will defend the AEW Women’s Title at WrestleDream Thekla “The Venomous Spider”, another former opponent of Sane. WrestleDream will host AEW on October 17th at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida.