LAX Drawing Interest From WWE & AEW

Santana and Ortiz are the longest reigning tag team champions in Impact Wrestling history. LAX is reported to be nearing the end of their current agreement with the promotion, however. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, LAX look to have options as they approach free agency.

“LAX’s contract expires later this summer, which is a key one because their stock has been upped greatly over the past several months,” wrote Dave Meltzer. “There is interest from AEW and WWE for all the obvious reasons. AEW is big on the tag team division and WWE is big on signing everyone.”

Impact Wrestling is said to be attempting to sign the pair to long-term contracts as well.

LAX has history with some of the EVPs from AEW. In a match for Chris Jericho’s Rock N Rager at Sea last summer, they took on the Young Bucks.

Santana and Ortiz were also scheduled to wrestle a show for WWE-associated promotion EVOLVE last year but were pulled from the event by Impact. EVOLVE issued the following statement on the matter:

“We are sorry to inform you that Impact Wrestling has pulled LAX off the upcoming EVOLVE dates. EVOLVE officials were contacted by LAX and informed that they were needed for something else that weekend. No other explanation was given. Impact Wrestling didn’t contact EVOLVE officials and left it up to LAX.”