Frankie Kazarian was part of the initial AEW signings when the company formed in 2019, joining the promotion at the same time as The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), Cody Rhodes, and Kenny Omega.
Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, and Scorpio Sky were three of the first signees due to their relationship with the Young Bucks in Ring of Honor. Kazarian & Sky would become the first-ever AEW Tag Team Champions.
In January 2023, Kazarian requested that AEW not roll over his contract, which still had two years left, so he could re-join IMPACT Wrestling.
Speaking to Eric Bischoff on AdFreeShows, Kazarian was asked about his decision to bet on himself.
"The thing that I have that is most valuable that I can give to anybody is my time. The thing that I can ask the most out of anybody is to give me their time. That's the one thing that all of us are running out of. Everybody on planet earth. My time in professional wrestling, in my eyes, is long from being done. The time that I have left in the ring, I wanted to give that time to somebody that would value it. I felt, at the time in AEW, my time and contributions and talent, was not being valued. That's okay. I had the opportunity to take my time and give it to somebody else. That's exactly what I did," he said.
Kazarian announced at IMPACT Hard to Kill that he had signed a deal with IMPACT Wrestling.
Fans can learn more about Kazarian's decision to return to IMPACT by clicking here.
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