AEW: Ric Flair on Being Willing to Walk Away if He’s Embarrassing AEW, Tony Khan on CM Punk’s AEW Contributions, More News

Ric Flair Comments on Criticisms Over His Work with AEW & Willing to Walk Away if He is Embarrassing AEW

Ric Flair recently commented on Twitter about his frustrations over the recent negative online criticisms he has been receiving for his appearances in AEW and being willing to walk away if he is embarrassing the company.

Flair’s post was in response to a controversial promo Flair gave during this past Wednesday’s television tapings for Rampage. This controversy was caused over a line Flair had stated which was “invited all the women in the audience from ages 18-28 to meet him in his hotel room. No boyfriends or husbands.” It is currently not known if this line will be edited out for the broadcast of tonight’s Rampage show.

“I Am So Tired Of Hearing All This Negativity! I Don’t Need To Work, And I Don’t Need The Money. Can’t I Simply Enjoy Being By My Dear Friend @Sting’s Side For The Next Few Months Without So Much Hatred? I Know I’m Old, But That Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Enjoy Life! I Have Earned The Right To Do Whatever I Want & I’m Exactly Where I Want To Be! I Appreciate Everything @TonyKhan, But I’m More Than Willing To Walk Away If I Am Embarrassing You And Your Company. All I Can Say Is I’m Sorry!”

I Am So Tired Of Hearing All This Negativity! I Don’t Need To Work, And I Don’t Need The Money. Can’t I Simply Enjoy Being By My Dear Friend @Sting’s Side For The Next Few Months Without So Much Hatred? I Know I’m Old, But That Doesn’t Mean I Can’t Enjoy Life! I Have Earned The… pic.twitter.com/GK49HoSeEC

— Ric Flair® (@RicFlairNatrBoy) November 30, 2023

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Tony Khan Comments on CM Punk Being a Big Part of “Important Time” in AEW

The New York Post held a recent interview with AEW CEO Tony Khan. One of the topics discussed included Khan’s thoughts about the positive contributions CM Punk had during his time in the company.

“The First Dance was an incredible moment in wrestling and was part of a very important time in AEW. All Out 2021, along with All In, are our biggest pay-per-views of all time and we’ve had a lot of great success as a company as a team and in some of the most exciting times, CM Punk has been a big part of that team.”

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AEW News & Notes

Evil Uno filed trademarks for “Mystery Wrestling” and “Dark Order” on November 29th for merchandise-related purposes to the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Evil Uno also filed trademarks for “Evil Uno” and “Player Uno” on the same day for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

Ricky Starks filed a trademark for “Absolute” on November 29th for wrestling and entertainment-related purposes.

Chuck Taylor has been noticeably absent from AEW for the past several weeks. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that the reason for Taylor’s current absence is due to him dealing with a foot injury.

Indie wrestler Zak Zodiak, brother of Saraya, reportedly was in attendance backstage at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and Rampage tapings in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to PWInsider.

Harley Cameron recently revealed on Twitter that she is the cover star for this month’s issue of Fitness Gurls Magazine.

As noted before, QT Marshall announced this past Monday that he has officially resigned from AEW and will be departing from the company at the end of the year. Fightful Select reported that their sources confirmed WrestelPurists’ report about CM Punk had pushed for Marshall to not be included his his Collision brand and caused planned QTV segments to be dropped. It was reported that Punk’s issues with Marshall ended up being a bigger reason behind Marshall’s decision to leave AEW than his own issues over the “NJPW” style direction the company was moving towards.

In a recent interview with the New York Post, AEW CEO Tony Khan gave his thoughts about QT Marshall’s recent resignation and departure from the company. Khan stated “I really, really like Mike [Cuellari], QT. I worked with him for a number of years. He has very high aspirations and rightfully so. He’s a very talented person. He’s got a great mind for wrestling and he’s a very talented wrestler. He cares a lot about the people around him. He’s a very giving person. He also does want to have an in-ring career and I think that’s important to him and he is someone that offers a lot to any company and I have only very positive things to say about QT.“

Britt Baker recently commented on Twitter about her frustrations over her lack of live promo time in AEW this year. Baker stated “Tonight’s #AEWDynamite: MJF live promo time: 7 mins Christian Cage live promo time: 10 mins All of 2023 #AEWDynamite: Britt Baker live promo time: 0 mins“

Chris Jericho recently reflected on Twitter about last week’s AEW Dynamite show managed to top last week’s WWE SmackDown show in overall viewership. Jericho stated “But I thought the sky was falling!!?? @aew“

In a recent episode of the What Happened When with Tony Schiavone podcast, co-host Tony Schiavone gave his thoughts about the future of his wrestling commentary career. Schiavone stated “I would say, ‘Hi everybody, welcome to another episode of [makes croaking sound]. Yeah [when Thompson asked if he would die in the seat.] That doesn’t mean I’m gonna be 80 when I do it. I don’t think I’m slowing down. I just don’t think I’m slowing down. I’m really honored that Tony would allow me to do play-by-play again at this stage in my life. Right now, I’m 66. I turned 66 on November 7th. I still got…realistically, I think I’ve got one more contract in me, if Tony will go with that, and then we’ll see what happens.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Will Ospreay gave his thoughts about his recent signing with AEW. Ospreay stated “At the time, Tony asked what I was interested in doing next in my career. I said my focus was on Japan, and he respected that. I’ll always remember how he respected how I felt. I also need to mention that night was the only singles match I’ve ever wrestled against PAC–that’s something I want to throw out there so we can run it back and put it to rest between us. People need to remember this–since then, I’ve built a trust and respect with Tony. That’s very important to me. When Tony had me work matches for AEW, like I did this summer at All In at Wembley Stadium, he didn’t have to do that. He trusted me. That meant the world to me. Now that I’m coming to AEW, I trust him with the aura of Will Ospreay and the character of Will Ospreay. Tony Khan has genuinely changed my life. In return, I am going to deliver the best matches I can deliver.“