Ken Anderson says he signed a WWE Legends contract, more than 17 years after he was released by the company in May 2009. The news came on Saturday during an interview with Tantalizing Tony at the Big Event EXS, a convention in Brentwood, Long Island, New York.
“I haven’t announced this anywhere really,” Anderson said. “But I just signed a WWE Legends contract. I’ve told a couple other people here, but this is probably the first time, it probably hasn’t gotten out there yet.”
The deal came about a year and a half after Anderson said on Insight with Chris Van Vliet that he had once vowed never to work for WWE again. In that May 2025 interview, Anderson reflected on his time in TNA, where he was a two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion as Mr. Anderson.
“When I was at TNA,” Anderson said, “I was like, ‘I’ll never go back there. I’ll never work for them again.’ Now it’s changed.”
However, Anderson said he has no specific expectations for the deal, though he does have things he wants to do in WWE. He didn’t say what they are.
WWE typically uses Legends deals, like the one Spike Dudley announced on Friday, to put former wrestlers on merchandise, action figures and in video games. Anderson hasn’t appeared in an official WWE video game since SmackDown vs. Raw 2010, released in 2009, and has never been part of the WWE 2K series.