Backstage Update On Private Party's Current Status With AEW

Former AEW World Tag Team Champions Private Party, consisting of Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen, have not appeared on AEW television since they lost the tag titles to The Hurt Syndicate nearly a year ago. Sean Ross Sapp addressed the status of the team in the latest edition of Fightful Select Answers.

According to Sapp, Quen was spotted backstage at an AEW event a couple of months ago, but there have been few updates on their situation since then. In June 2025, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that their AEW contracts were set to expire "soon."

Now in January 2026, Sapp noted that they are still under contract with AEW. He mentioned that Quen and Kassidy's contracts do not align perfectly with one another. There has been interest from WWE in the tag team, but there are no updates on whether any discussions have taken place about bringing them in once their AEW deals expire.

Private Party signed with AEW shortly after the company's announcement in 2019 and made their in-ring debuts at Fyter Fest 2019. They also competed in the first episode of AEW Dynamite in October of that year, defeating The Young Bucks in a tournament match for the tag team titles.