AEW TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher has committed his future to All Elite Wrestling, signing a new long-term contract with the company.<\/p>\n
According to Fightful Select<\/a>\u2019s Sean Ross Sapp, Fletcher quietly agreed to the multi-year deal back in the spring. While exact terms have not been disclosed, the contract is reportedly a \u201cbig-money\u201d agreement, given Fletcher\u2019s age of just 26. AEW President Tony Khan reportedly views ‘The Protostar’ as a central figure in the company\u2019s future plans, with expectations that he will be a major player for years to come.<\/p>\n The announcement comes on the heels of Fletcher\u2019s first defence of the TNT Championship on the August 9 edition of AEW Collision. He defeated Tomohiro Ishii in a hard-hitting contest before calling on New Japan Pro Wrestling to send one of its top stars to challenge him at Forbidden Door on August 24.<\/p>\n Fletcher\u2019s journey in AEW has been one of the promotion\u2019s fastest ascents in recent memory. After signing alongside Aussie Open partner Mark Davis in 2023, a wrist injury to Davis at WrestleDream that October sidelined the tag team.<\/p>\n Fletcher seized the opportunity to branch into singles competition, aligning himself with the Don Callis Family and debuting the ‘Protostar’ persona. This run quickly brought results, with Fletcher capturing the ROH TV Championship at ROH Final Battle 2023.<\/p>\n His career took another major turn at WrestleDream 2024, where he turned on former ally Will Ospreay, launching a heated rivalry that ran into this year. Fletcher\u2019s performances in the 2024 Continental Classic, where he earned the most league points, solidified his position as one of AEW\u2019s top prospects. That momentum culminated in July 2025, when he dethroned Dustin Rhodes in a brutal street fight to win the TNT Championship.<\/p>\n With a lucrative new deal signed and a championship reign underway, Kyle Fletcher\u2019s trajectory in AEW appears only to be accelerating, and this new deal suggests it isn’t slowing down anytime soon, with many seeing him as an AEW World Champion in the not-so-distant future.<\/p>\n More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n Header photo \u2013 AEW \u2013 Stay tun<\/em>ed to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on AEW, Kyle Fletcher, and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. <\/em>You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS. AEW Collision airs Saturday at 8 pm Eastern on TNT. 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