Leon Slater reached the pinnacle of the TNA Championship with a victory over Nick Nemeth. capturing the TNA World Championship Bound for Glory main event on Sunday. Slater’s contract status with the promotion has been a topic of conversation among fans for months, and now it looks like the same may be true within WWE.
reports PWInsider Elite on Tuesday that some in WWE, which has a partnership with TNA, are waiting to see what happens with his deal. According to Fightful’s contract page on its website, Slater’s deal runs until “Fall 2026”. PWIE reported that it is WWE’s belief that his deal expires at the end of the year.
Those WWE sources are reportedly wondering if Slater has extended his deal by a few months to compete for the TNA Championship. looks a lot like Mike Santananow known as Cruz Montana in WWE, did. PWIE reported that members of WWE expected Slater to make the move to WWE NXT as well.
Slater has already appeared in WWE, notably December 2025 in Saturday Night’s Main Event with Je-Von EvansJohn Cena’s retirement show against AJ Styles and Dragon Lee. His last WWE match came in January in his home country of England, where he took on Carmelo Hayes for the United States Championship on WWE SmackDown. Slater also fought Oba Femi like him challenged “The Rule” for the NXT Championshipalso at the beginning of the year.