Aleister Black debuted for AEW this week only 35 days after he was released from WWE. That was thanks to a major clerical error. Those non-compete clauses are very interesting and can be different depending on whose contract you’re talking about.
WWE released a lot of people from their contracts and they have a ton of things goin going on behind the scenes. Obviously, nobody in WWE meant for Aleister Black to be free for an AEW debut that soon. They want to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
According to Fightful Select, WWE called Buddy Murphy “in a panic after his release.” They feared that the same mistake had been made on his contract. Then he checked the details and confirmed that his non-compete clause is for 90 days instead of 30.
He confirmed that his non-compete is 90 days, but that WWE called him in a panic after his release, thinking that his might also be 30 as a result of what happened with the former Aleister Black.
WWE “offered to extend” his non-compete clause to 90 days, which would get him 60 extra days of his downside guarantee payment, but they didn’t need to for him. It appears that Murphy’s non-compete clause is up on August 31st, but that is still a few days prior to September 5th’s All Out event.
It was also noted that Murphy is dealing with his visa situation, and that needs to be sorted out so he can stay in the United States and make money. That might require him to sign with another company.
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