All Elite Wrestling has been stocking up on top free agents lately. Tony Khan’s young wrestling company concluded 2023 by landing Will Ospreay, a sensation from New Japan Pro Wrestling that had been widely-touted as the best wrestler in the world for the past couple of years. The big spending continued into the new year, as AEW inked multi-time IWGP World Champion Kazuchika Okada to a three-year contract valued at nearly $15 million dollars. This upcoming Wednesday, AEW is expected to announce the signing of former WWE Women’s Champion and WrestleMania main-eventer Mercedes Moné.
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Going beyond that, AEW still has its eyes on the free agent pool, namely former WWE star Shelton Benjamin. Reports circulated that AEW had conversations with Benjamin roughly one month ago, and it is unclear as to if that chatter will materialize into a deal. That said, one AEW star isn’t interested in having Benjamin on the roster.
Max Caster Pushes Back on Shelton Benjamin Rumors
An AEW Champion doesn’t want Shelton Benjamin in the company.
Taking to Twitter, AEW Trios Champion Max Caster responded to a report that AEW had held talks with Benjamin, writing, “We don’t want him!” This kicked off an extended back and forth between Caster and AEW fans.
It’s unclear as to if Caster’s social media behavior is part of a storyline. This past January, Caster’s group, The Acclaimed, linked up with Bullet Club Gold to form a super faction, the Bang Bang Scissor Gang. While these two trios originally joined forces to fight as a united front against the Undisputed Kingdom, they have not interacted with the Adam Cole-led stable in months.
Fans have criticized the booking of the Bang Bang Scissor Gang, labelling the group as directionless and blaming it for holding back Jay White, a former IWGP World Champion and Wrestle Kingdom headliner. AEW has seemingly begun to plant the seeds of dissension within the super faction, as Caster has been messing up his entrance freestyle raps and White has teased him about it. While the Bang Bang Scissor Gang are all faces right now, Caster’s Twitter behavior could be the beginning of his turn to villainy once more.
Within his tweets, Caster also claimed he was “suspended last week” and that his Twitter was “hacked.”
Stay tuned to ComicBook.com for updates on Caster’s AEW status.
