Overview
- Fightful Select, via reporter Sean Ross Sapp, reports that AEW has shown interest in Zayda Steel.
- Contact between AEW and Steel was made in October, and as of last week she had not signed a deal.
- No contract offer has been confirmed by AEW, Steel, or WWE, and the situation remains unannounced officially.
- Steel opted not to renew her WWE ID agreement, which previously allowed WWE to match outside offers.
- The 22-year-old worked nine EVOLVE matches and appeared for GCW and APAC during her WWE ID tenure, with earlier stints in Marigold and MLW, and her most recent bout was on October 10, 2025.