MVP Says His Last Match ‘Is Coming Soon’

During a recent edition of his Marking Out podcast, AEW’s MVP spoke about stepping into the ring again and how his “final match is coming soon.” Below are some highlights (via Fightful):

MVP on His Final Match

“Let’s be real. I’m 52. I don’t want to sprint back and forth across the ring. I don’t want to get powerbombed and chokeslammed. I don’t want to do that. I don’t take bookings for matches anymore. I’m not officially retired. But that’s coming. I’m thinking probably next year I will have my final match. I’m pretty confident. My final match is coming soon.”

On Lacking the Explosiveness in the Ring He Used To Have

“Physically, my ability to wrestle at a high level is deteriorating because of time. This is Father Time. I don’t have the explosiveness that I used to. Let me be real with you, I don’t have the desire. My passion for actually getting in the ring and having that match isn’t what it used to be. If Tony says, ‘Hey, I want you, Bobby and Shelton to do a trios match,’ I’m ready, especially if I’m doing a tag match. Yeah, I can give you that. If Tony said, ‘Hey, as a gift to you, for your career on the way out the door, I’d like to give you an AEW Championship title run,’ I would say no.”

The 52-year-old wrestler has competed a few times in AEW, teaming with The Hurt Syndicate. He last wrestled on the October 22, 2025 edition of AEW Dynamite. The Hurt Syndicate lost a match for the AEW World Trios Titles against The Opps (Katsuyori Shibata, Powerhouse Hobbs, and Samoa Joe).