15-05-2025
Fan-Favorite Superstar Re-Signs With AEW
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One of professional wrestling's most anticipated free agents for 2025, Willow Nightingale, is officially off the market before her previous contract even expired. The popular All Elite Wrestling star has reportedly re-signed with the company on a new multi-year agreement.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select reported the news. It follows earlier reports this month that indicated Nightingale, a former AEW TBS Champion, was in her contract year, with her deal seemingly set to expire before the end of 2025.
Nightingale initially signed her full-time AEW contract in the fall of 2022. Many of the agreements AEW issued around that period were structured as three-year deals, which would have positioned her original contract to conclude later this year.
Nightingale undoubtedly would have garnered significant interest from every major wrestling promotion worldwide had she become a free agent, it was always believed she was unlikely to depart from Tony Khan's company. Sources had indicated that AEW viewed her as a priority talent to retain.
That sentiment has now materialized into a new contract. Sapp's report confirms Nightingale has indeed re-signed with All Elite Wrestling.
All Elite Wrestling ALL IN at Wembley Stadium in London on August 27, 2023.
All Elite Wrestling ALL IN at Wembley Stadium in London on August 27, 2023.
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While the specific financial terms and exact length of the new contract were not disclosed in the Fightful Select report, it was noted to be a multi-year deal. This ensures she will remain a key fixture in AEW for the foreseeable future.
According to Sapp, the new agreement was completed with remarkable speed. It was reportedly finalized almost immediately after his initial report about her contract year status broke.
Furthermore, the 31-year-old Nightingale has reportedly communicated directly with AEW officials. She expressed that she was very happy with her spot in AEW and wanted to remain there, indicating a strong mutual desire to continue the working relationship.
Nightingale has been one of the more consistently featured performers in AEW's women's division. Her accomplishments include a reign as the AEW TBS Champion, a title she memorably won in 2024.
She also won the prestigious Owen Hart Foundation Women's Tournament in 2023, defeating Ruby Soho in the finals. Though her televised AEW match count in 2025 has been somewhat limited to eight appearances thus far, with three of those being in Japan, her impact and connection with the audience remain strong.
Her most recent AEW television match was a loss to former friend Kris Statlander on a recent episode of AEW Collision. Nightingale is currently involved in a storyline feud with Marina Shafir as part of the ongoing Death Riders angle.
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