Tony Khan All In/Supercard of Honor Media call, addresses absenses and injuries

[Switchblake]

Since I’m already here I’ll just do it really quick and then I’ll let it go but like I get people didn’t like the raw smack down title branding but why couldn’t you just have one be WWE world tag team titles and one be WWE universal tag titles and then you could’ve made the WWE title the WWE world title and still had the WWE universal title.

 

[O-Blaze]

To be fair The reason why there was an impact and a TNA version of the belt around Omega is because they were originally supposed to revive both belts entirely and have a TNA and an impact brand but it just didn’t come to fruition because of Covid and other reasons.

I totally forgot all about the brand shit lol.

 

[Attitudester]

AEW has always had an overstaffing problem. We'll see talent for a month or two and then don't see them again for a year unless we're watching a youtube show or they're in a main storyline. And it sucks. I feel bad for people like Ricky Starks, Keith Lee, Hikaru Shida, Miro, all the people who had hype and then weren't used. I know not everyone can get a main storyline all the time, but throw them a bone once every couple weeks at least.

 

[Loochblade]

Shida has ongoing Visa issues. Keith Lee is out due to health problems. Miro was especially hard to work with backstage (and I could imagine he was already WWE return bound around that time the story with the HoB went up in smoke). ...and Ricky Starks, no one knows the full story, except for those involved and I'm pretty sure both sides had their fair share in it.

I feel like a lot of people either forget or don't know, that many workers on the AEW payroll also work the Independent scene (and not just one-off appearances or only with a handful of selected promotions).

 

[Roy Mustang]

AEW has always had an overstaffing problem. We'll see talent for a month or two and then don't see them again for a year unless we're watching a youtube show or they're in a main storyline. And it sucks. I feel bad for people like Ricky Starks, Keith Lee, Hikaru Shida, Miro, all the people who had hype and then weren't used. I know not everyone can get a main storyline all the time, but throw them a bone once every couple weeks at least.

Miro was refusing to job, Keith Lee has been injured and Shida is having visa issues. Also Starks is not even with them anymore and probs never should have been extended since he wanted to leave.

 

[Attitudester]

Miro was refusing to job, Keith Lee has been injured and Shida is having visa issues. Also Starks is not even with them anymore and probs never should have been extended since he wanted to leave.

I remember hearing Miro refused to job, but I always take dirt sheet reporting with a grain of salt. Honestly, depending on the situation, I wouldn't blame him for refusing to job. Keith Lee has stated multiple times that he's fine and just waiting on the call. Shida was just on TV maybe a couple months ago and she looked like she'd put on some weight, so it doesn't appear to be a visa issue to me. Starks isn't with the company anymore but once the Team Taz run was over, he floated around the tag team division until he sat at home for a year or better.

Those are just a few names. What happened with Santana and Ortiz? Wardlow? Shawn Spears before he left? Britt Baker? Matt Sydal, Scorpio Sky, Kazarian, all of Dark Order... Countless people have just disappeared from AEW without a trace over the last few years.

 

[Roy Mustang]

I remember hearing Miro refused to job, but I always take dirt sheet reporting with a grain of salt. Honestly, depending on the situation, I wouldn't blame him for refusing to job. Keith Lee has stated multiple times that he's fine and just waiting on the call. Shida was just on TV maybe a couple months ago and she looked like she'd put on some weight, so it doesn't appear to be a visa issue to me. Starks isn't with the company anymore but once the Team Taz run was over, he floated around the tag team division until he sat at home for a year or better.

Those are just a few names. What happened with Santana and Ortiz? Wardlow? Shawn Spears before he left? Britt Baker? Matt Sydal, Scorpio Sky, Kazarian, all of Dark Order... Countless people have just disappeared from AEW without a trace over the last few years.

Keith Lee has been off for health reasons, until he says he is cleared he to wrestle saying he is fine does not mean he is cleared. Big E says he is fine health wise, are WWE benching him? Shida has literally been confirmed by SRS to be a visa issue. Santana was injured for ages and they fell out, Ortiz is currently injured. Santana after their feud also wanted to leave. WARDLOW was injured for ages, had a car crash and is now off doing TV. Sky literally returned last week. Kaz is in TNA.

Also the bolded literally explains why you don't know because the majority have reasons why they are not on TV. Dark Order are on ROH weekly btw

 

[Attitudester]

Keith Lee has been off for health reasons, until he says he is cleared he to wrestle saying he is fine does not mean he is cleared. Big E says he is fine health wise, are WWE benching him? Shida has literally been confirmed by SRS to be a visa issue. Santana was injured for ages and they fell out, Ortiz is currently injured. Santana after their feud also wanted to leave. WARDLOW was injured for ages, had a car crash and is now off doing TV. Sky literally returned last week. Kaz is in TNA.

Also the bolded literally explains why you don't know because the majority have reasons why they are not on TV. Dark Order are on ROH weekly btw

I only just started watching ROH last week so that's on me. I know Dark Order is on there now, but have they been the whole time? When it comes to Wardlow, what about after his feud with MJF? Where did the momentum go? He was wasted until the devil storyline with Adam Cole. But then what? Was he in a car accident directly after that storyline and been out this whole time? I don't buy that.

A couple years back there were rumors that Santana and Ortiz had a falling out. They did their match and have they even been used in AEW since then? I know Santana left eventually, but still, I can't remember a single time either of them were used afterwards. I don't even remember the last time Kaz was on AEW TV before leaving the company. Has he been with TNA since the pandemic era? Because that's literally the last time I remember seeing him in AEW.

To speak to the dirt sheet issue, I know they get things right some of the time. But sometimes, they're way off too. I'm not going to put all my stock into everything Meltzer reports. If Keith Lee says he's fine, use the guy. I highly doubt he'd announce to the world that he's fine if the doctors are saying he's not. It puts blame directly on the company and I doubt he'd create a false narrative just to get heat on himself with the company.

I understand I haven't watched consistently in a few years, but this was honestly a big reason I stopped watching AEW. The start/stop on so many wrestlers just got frustrating for me. Miro could've been so much more in that company. If him refusing to job was the reason for him being kept off TV, then shame on Tony Khan and company for not finding a different solution. If he was pulling a Bob Holly and saying "Let me beat everybody and give me the belt" then that's a different story. Again though, highly unlikely. Wardlow was frustrating. The Hardys were frustrating (Yes, I know, Jeff got arrested), Eddie Kingston (I believe he's said he's ready to come back), Jay Lethal, hell even Kip Sabien disappeared for a long time. I'm not even a fan of some of these people, but at least be consistent with them.

 

[Chris]

Brother I'll never be able to discuss anything with you if you keep throwing in every person imaginable for what would be a reasonable complaint that many people have had about AEW

Everyone will agree that people getting their stuff dropped has been a problem before, but why are you making every single person that has ever been taken off TV for any reason what so ever as an example of this?

You've named multiple people who did not disappear but left the company as soon as their last appearances happened (Santana, Kaz). You've named people still hurt (Eddie Kingston is not and has not been ready, he complaints about the American healthcare system all the time so this is "from him" like you want.)

Britt Baker is a funny example especially bc when she disappeared the first time, the dirt sheets like Bryan Alvarez that you dont like so much were the ones screaming about where she is. Then she came back and revealed that she had a very serious health issue.

No one will ever be able to have an actual conversation with you if you keep naming these very easily disputable things, they will ignore the people that legitimately disappeared with no reason that you name and latch onto these comical ones that we know exactly why they're gone. You don't have to know every single person's status, that's silly, but if you're going to complain about it online, I personally like to fact check myself first.

Let's hope this won't be my last reply to you on the site

 

[Chris]

The only complaints of this genre I take seriously are if I know the person complaining is a genuine fan of the dude taken off TV, I get why that sucks for you.

Otherwise, name what you want to get less TV time to make room for Scorpio Sky or Ortiz. People were ready to riot every time Dark Order was on Dynamite before they got relegated to ROH, and some of the same ones now yell that it's not fair they aren't on AEW