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Mark Henry, Arn Anderson, and Jake Hager's contracts have expired or will be by the end of the month. Probably will be some more expiries in the coming months.
Henry said he's focused on his podcasts and other media projects and didn't want to re-up with a backstage role in AEW unless he was fully committed.
Arn had nothing but good things to say about the company but I suspect it's more a case of he wants to take on a similar backstage role with WWE especially if it means working with Cody again.
With Hager I just think there was no real reason for AEW to keep him at this stage. They barely booked him in the last year or so and in his case it didn't feel like a case of him being a great talent getting lost in the roster overcrowding, he just simply wasn't that good and anything he did well they have others who do it better.
Hager had some value in the early AEW days as a big dude with a lot of live TV wrestling experience. But at this point he's totally redundant. Going with Big Bill as Jericho's Learning Tree heater instead of working Hager back into that spot was probably the final nail in the coffin for him.
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