{"id":45107,"date":"2019-04-29T22:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T02:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=45107"},"modified":"2019-04-29T22:46:23","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T02:46:23","slug":"joey-ryan-my-time-on-the-indies-is-coming-to-an-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/04\/29\/joey-ryan-my-time-on-the-indies-is-coming-to-an-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Ryan: &#8220;My Time On The Indies Is Coming To An End&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just before <strong>Monday Night Raw<\/strong> hit the airwaves, indie star <strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong> announced on Twitter that his &#8220;time on the indies is coming to an end&#8221;, hinting that he&#8217;s signed with a company. He made the announcement while revealing a limited edition &#8220;Farewell to the Indies Tour&#8221; T-Shirt.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyRyanOnline\/status\/1123010635216736258<\/p>\n<p>Joey Ryan <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/03\/26\/lucha-underground-settles-lawsuit-reportedly-grants-immediate-release-to-joey-ryan-ivelisse-and-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently won a legal case<\/a>, along with several other <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> stars, to get out of his &#8220;lifetime contract&#8221; with the TV show, and has long been rumored to be joining All Elite Wrestling (AEW), after appearing regularly on the <strong>Young Buck<\/strong>s&#8217; <em><strong>Being The Elite<\/strong> <\/em>web series and appearing at the Bucks and <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong>&#8216; indie Supercard <em><strong>All In<\/strong><\/em> last September.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HBKRE8z_pA8<\/p>\n<p>In a strange twist of events, it was reported by <strong>Dave Meltzer<\/strong> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Wrestling Observer Newsletter<\/strong><\/a> that WWE was interested in bringing Joey Ryan to the WWE Performance Center with the intent to use him in NXT and then transitioning to a coach at the PC after his career. &#8220;Ryan was not given an official offer as of earlier in the week but they contacted him after getting word he was a free agent when the word was out that he was let out of his LU contract, and asked if he was willing to move to Orlando, wrestle a few years there and then move into a coaching position,&#8221; Meltzer stated. &#8220;The way it was explained to us, was that he would have absolutely taken the offer if he was 29 years old, but at 39, taking a pay cut to start with WWE (or anyone offering less than what he\u2019s already making) is probably something he\u2019s not going to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyRyanOnline\/status\/1122929803638624257<\/p>\n<p>Joey Ryan still has multiple dates left on his indie bookings, but don&#8217;t expect him to be at AEW&#8217;s <em><strong>Double or Nothing<\/strong><\/em>, as he&#8217;s currently booked to appear with <strong>Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW)<\/strong> in Cleveland, Ohio that night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just before Monday Night Raw hit the airwaves, indie star Joey Ryan announced on Twitter that his &#8220;time on the indies is coming to an end&#8221;, hinting that he&#8217;s signed with a company. 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