WWE & AEW Rumours: Scrapped Plans For Santos Escobar Revealed, The IInspiration's Contracts Expiring

Santos Escobar is ultimately sticking with WWE, having re-signed with the company this week just hours after his deal expired, but the company scrapped plans for the former El Hijo del Fantasma earlier this year.

The IInspiration, meanwhile, have their deals with TNA expiring, and there will be more guest coaches at the WWE Performance Center.

Pro wrestling rumours for Friday, October 10, 2025:

Scrapped WWE Plans For Santos Escobar

Following WWE's acquisition of AAA, Santos Escobar returned to the Lucha Libre promotion as he teamed with Angel and Berto at June's Worlds Collide where they defeated El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Psycho Clown and Pagano in trios action.

El Hijo del Vikingo was the reigning AAA Mega Champion at the time and BodySlam has reported that Santos Escobar was at one point planned to defeat Vikingo for AAA's top title, with Los Garza reigning as AAA World Tag Team Champions too.

Angel and Berto ultimately had a 62-day reign as tag champs, but Escobar never won the AAA Mega Title. Instead, Dominik Mysterio dethroned Vikingo at Worlds Collide: Las Vegas in September.

Whether WWE intend to revisit those plans for Escobar now that he has signed a new "big money" deal with the company is unknown.

TNA Expecting To Sign The IInspiration To New Deals

TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions The IInspiration have their deals with the promotion expiring, with Fightful Select reporting that Cassie Lee and Jessica McKay's contracts only run through this weekend's Bound For Glory.

This doesn't necessarily mean The IInspiration will be going anywhere, however, as TNA have already expressed interest in retaining Lee and McKay, and the promotion expect new deals to be worked out.

The IInspiration returned to TNA at Against All Odds in June. They became TNA Knockouts World Tag Team Champions for the second time on the October 2 episode of TNA IMPACT.

Lee and McKay were previously a part of TNA from Bound For Glory 2021 to Rebellion 2022, during which they had a 133-day reign with the Knockouts World Tag Team Titles. They exited the promotion to begin their respective families.

Ace Steel & Jazz Guest Coaching At The WWE Performance Center

Jazz has served as a guest coach at the WWE Performance Center on several occasions in 2025 and she is currently doing so again this week, PWInsider has reported. Ace Steel, the producer for TNA, is also at the WWE facility this week in Orlando, Florida in a guest coaching role.

PWInsider has reported that WWE was also looking at bringing in TJP for his own guest coaching stint later this month. The former WWE Cruiserweight Champion has been featured in New Japan Pro-Wrestling in recent years and he is one-half of the reigning NJPW STRONG Tag Team Champions with Templario.