The Creed Brothers Exit WWE: What’s Next for the Former Tag Champions?

It looks like the tag‑team scene in WWE is about to shrink a bit. After a month of Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic action on NXT—where Romeo Moreno and Noam Dar walked away with the 2026 trophy—the news broke that the tournament’s previous winners are packing their bags.

According to a report from TRNBCKL, the Creed Brothers – Julius and Brutus – will be testing free agency once their WWE contracts finally expire. No exact date was given, but the timing lines up with a later confirmation from Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp that the brothers have already “mutually part‑ed ways” with the company. Their profiles have even been shifted to the alumni section of WWE’s site, a subtle but telling visual cue.

For anyone who’s followed their journey, the move isn’t entirely shocking. The Creeds debuted in NXT back in 2021 as part of the Diamond Mine stable, and within a year they were already making noise by winning the 2022 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, defeating MSK in the finals. That victory was just the opening act for a short‑lived NXT Men’s Tag Team Championship reign later that summer, when they bested Pretty Deadly at NXT In Your House. Their title run ended a few months later after a betrayal from fellow Diamond Mine member Damon Kemp.

They finally stepped onto the main‑roster stage in 2023, hanging out on Raw as a solid, if not headline‑grabbing, tag unit. 2024 saw them join Chad Gable’s American Made faction, first supporting Gable and then backing El Grande Americano when Gable switched gimmicks. Their most recent NXT appearance was a Dusty Classic run that, unfortunately, ended in a loss.

So, what could a post‑WWE chapter look like? The most obvious destination that fans are buzzing about is AEW. The promotion already boasts a stacked tag‑team roster—The Young Bucks, FTR, The New Level, Motor City Machine Guns, and the Don Callis Family, to name a few. While the Creed Brothers don’t have the same decades‑long pedigree as some of those names, they bring a raw athleticism that could translate well in an AEW ring.

Imagine a dream matchup: the Creeds versus The Young Bucks in a high‑octane, spring‑board extravaganza, or a hard‑hitting clash with FTR that would make purists swoon. Those bouts could easily become AEW PPV highlights. Even if AEW isn’t the final stop, their free‑agency status means they could explore other promotions—or maybe even a return to the independent circuit, where they originally cut their teeth.

One thing’s for sure: wherever they land, the tag‑team division will feel their absence in WWE, and fans will be watching closely to see which ring they step into next.