AEW: Toni Storm Announced “Retirement” from Wrestling, Jon Moxley on “AEW Has To Be A Success. If It’s Not, The Business Gets Set Back 20 Years”, Wardlow Knee Injury Update

“Timeless” Toni Storm Announces “Retirement” from Wrestling Career

SB Nation held a recent interview with “Timeless” Toni Storm. One of the topics discussed included Storm announcing her “retirement” from her pro wrestling career.

” I’m not used to being a loser. I’ve failed at everything. I lost in AEW, I lost in Japan, I lost in Mexico. This is the last you’ll hear from me again. Enjoy Mariah May as your champion. You can all enjoy that.”

In response to comments from SB Nation’s James Dator about her career not being defined by her recent failures, Storm responded stating:

“AEW is just fine without me. Everything is going well for AEW. They don’t need Toni Storm.”

Storm also gave her thoughts about if there was anything she would change about her career.

“When I met Mariah May. I’d been on the top of the world for many, many years. I delivered. Then Mariah came onto the scene and everything went tits up.”

Storm also gave her thoughts about if she had anything else to say to her fans.

“Chin down. Tits in. Don’t bother watching for the shoe.”

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Jon Moxley Comments on “AEW Has To Be A Success. If It’s Not, The Business Gets Set Back 20 Years”

TV Insider held a recent interview with Jon Moxley. One of the topics discussed included Moxley’s thoughts about AEW’s potential as a company and his belief that they have “not even scratching the surface of it.”

“The potential of AEW is so f*ckin’ huge. We’re not even scratching the surface of it. Just the roster of wrestlers is this ridiculous bounty of riches. Just a ridiculously stacked roster of the best wrestlers in the world. So many people you haven’t even seen yet of what they can do. I’ve seen what they can do. I can imagine what they can become if we water that seed and let it grow.”

Moxley also gave his thoughts about the importance of AEW needing to succeed as a company and the potential negative effects on the wrestling business if they don’t.

“There is no me being in there and losing. Everything is different now. It is life or death. AEW has to be a success. If it’s not, the business gets set back another 20 f*ckin’ years. I’m not willing to go through that again. Others who I’ve known for 15-20 years are not willing to go through that again. It’s at the hands of our generation. This is what we wanted to do and all we’ve ever wanted to do. The future is in our hands. Whatever AEW will become in the future is up to us. Frankly, in five years nothing has been built. We’re going to build it right now. There has been no flag. AEW has not really nailed down its identity being a young company, and that’s fine. There has been a known flag for everyone to unify to say this is who we are what we do and the direction we’re going. We’re going to plant our flag. That’s starting with me and the few people watching my back and others. We’re going to demand more of everybody around us. We’re going to unify behind one flag and march forward and turn this into what it can be. This could be the best place I’ve ever worked. It could be 10 times better than anyone has ever worked. I can see how powerful wrestling can be. We want to build a place we can take pride in. I see all this beyond Saturday night in Newark. That could all go up in flames if I get taken out. If the AEW title gets put in the wrong hands. It’s my responsibility to make that impossible for that to accomplish.”

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Wardlow Knee Injury Status Update

As noted before, Wardlow has been noticeably absent from AEW in recent months that was later revealed to be due to a knee injury.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that his sources stated that a timetable for Wardlow’s potential return from his injury is currently not known.

Sapp reported that the exact nature of Wardlow’s injury nor severity is also currently not known.