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Details on WWE's re-signing attempts on two stars

Added 2021-12-01 23:46:47 +0000 UTC

News has emerged that Kyle O'Reilly's deal is up soon, with Fightful confirming the PWInsider report that his contract is set to expire before the end of the year.

O'Reilly is among a crop of top NXT talent that seemingly passed on new deals offered in late 2019. One WWE source said that the contract being set to expire this soon was a bit of a surprise to O'Reilly, because a lot of WWE contracts end up having time automatically added for various reasons. We're actually told Tommaso Ciampa is in that boat of having his deal extended due to injury time. This was not a surprise to WWE, however, as they looked over their contracts this summer after the Pete Dunne and Adam Cole deals all came due in surprise fashion.

We're told WWE has interest in re-signing Kyle O'Reilly and have approached him about possibly re-signing with the company.

Johnny Gargano's WWE deal is set to expire in a few weeks, and the company is making an effort to retain his services outside of a one-week extension he agreed to.

Fightful has learned from WWE sources that contract extension talks started in October between NXT Triple Crown Champion Johnny Gargano and WWE. Our sources didn't indicate one way or another whether they believe that Gargano will remain with the company, but did note that WWE wants to keep him onboard, and applauded his work with The Way before the group split, even mentioning that he helped progress several new stars even if he does leave.

We're told that Gargano's wife Candice LeRae's deal is not up imminently.