Backstage News On The IInspiration Signing With AEW

The IInspiration officially became All Elite on Sunday, February 15 as Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay made their AEW debuts at the promotion's House Rules event in Brisbane, Australia.

The IInspiration made their way to the ring during House Rules and announced in their home country that they had joined All Elite Wrestling. They then secured their first win, defeating local talents in Aysha and Frankie B.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has reported that Cassie Lee and Jessie McKay are signed to multi-year deals with AEW, so they will be a part of the company for some time. They actually signed with AEW almost one month ago.

The IInspiration had been a part of TNA Wrestling, having returned to the promotion in June 2025. It emerged after they dropped the TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Titles to The Elegance Brand during the Thursday Night IMPACT premiere on AMC on January 15 that The IInspiration were finishing up with TNA, and AEW's interest became public soon after. The pair had been working in TNA without contracts since around Bound For Glory in October 2025, and their departures from TNA were amicable.

Fightful noted that sources within WWE believed The IInspiration would be AEW-bound if they didn't appear at the Royal Rumble. The tag team previously performed in WWE as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay of The IIconics from 2016 until 2021, having one reign as WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.