Since signing with AEW during the pandemic in 2020, Max Caster has rapped, gotten suspended, and won AEW World Tag Team and World Trios Championship gold with his Acclaimed tag team partner Anthony Bowens and their manager Billy Gunn. Fightful Select reports that Caster's AEW contract is set to expire this October, making him an unrestricted free agent. While there's no confirmation, the report presents Caster's return to AEW as unlikely. Caster has also not wrestled for AEW in 2026, but has not been injured, and has instead been competing on the independent circuit. In May, Caster declared that New England indie promotion Beyond Wrestling was his "new home," another sign that Caster and AEW could be parting ways.