AEW: More on Ace Steel’s Release, Chris Nowinski on Hangman Page’s Injury, Jon Moxley

Oct 19, 2022

Backstage Reaction to Ace Steel’s Release from AEW

As noted before, AEW producer Ace Steel was released from the company earlier this week over his involvement in the backstage fight incident at AEW’s All Out 2022 event this past September. Besides Steel, this backstage fight also involved CM Punk, Kenny Omega, and the Young Bucks, who are all still serving suspensions following this incident.

Fightful Select reported that several talent and staff spoken to stated that they had expected Steel to be released over his involvement in the fight and believed it would have been done in the week of the fight had it not been for legal-related issues.

One longtime talent spoken to stated that they felt that the “writing was on the wall” in regards to Steel’s future in the company when the bite marks on Omega’s arm were visible in photos of his trip to Japan the week after the incident.

Chris Nowinski Comments on AEW’s Handling of Hangman Adam Page’s Concussion Injury

As noted before, Tuesday’s special AEW Dynamite show featured an AEW World Championship match between Hangman Adam Page and Jon Moxley. During the match, Page suffered a head-related injury following his rough landing from a King Kong Lariat spot by Moxley. The match was called off after Page was unable to get up and was sent to the hospital for medical treatment. Page was later diagnosed to have suffered a concussion injury.

Former WWE wrestler and The Concussion Legacy Foundation founder Chris Nowinski gave his thoughts about Page’s injury and AEW’s handling of his injury and match stoppage.

Sending positive thoughts to Hangman. This was not a high risk move. Something went wrong.
Ref Paul Turner is trained to recognize a #concussion or a possible neck injury & stopped match. @DocSampson13 was ringside & there in seconds, gives us the best chance for a good outcome. https://t.co/wLbzKZa5xD
— Chris Nowinski, Ph.D. (@ChrisNowinski1) October 19, 2022

Jon Moxley Comments on His Future Plans for His AEW Career

A recent episode of ESPN’s Cincy 3:60 podcast had Jon Moxley as the guest. One of the topics discussed included betting on himself after his departure from WWE and his plans for the future of his AEW and wrestling career.

“It’s really cool to be on the ground floor and I guess I bet on myself to a degree, that’s a good way to put it, when I left WWE. The last three years have been the best three years of my career, for sure. A lot of that mindset is like…I don’t know if selfish is the right word, but self-interested. Where am I going to have the best matches? Where can I do this, that, and the other? Now, looking forward to the next five years, I think a lot of that has shifted to, how can I give back to wrestling? How can I perpetuate wrestling going forward? Wrestling gave me everything I have in life. I would be, the cliche is ‘You’d be dead or in jail,’ I can’t think of another way to put it. I would have nothing without wrestling. It’s the thing that brought me life and gave me purpose and is a thing that’s mine. It brought me everything I have in life from my wife to my family to my house, my truck, my friends, my life experiences. It’s my entire life. If there are other people out there who come from where I come from or the place I come from, it could be the same thing for them. Even just being a fan or being inspired by some wrestlers or even if I can just perpetuate the joy of the inspiration that wrestling provides or perpetuate everything wrestling has given to me and pay it forward and back to the universe, it’ll come back to me in spades. I’ve had plenty of success, and I want to continue having that success, I’m not nearly done, but I’m already looking forward to the future of giving back over the next however many years. Being in AEW is the perfect place to do that.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com