Several in AEW were frustrated with Andrade/Sammy Guevara interaction
Added 2022-10-05 22:37:14 +0000 UTCSammy Guevara and Andrade are the latest players in AEW backstage drama.
The two have taken shots at one another on social media and in interviews (context here https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/andrade-el-idolo-says-sammy-guevara-complained-he-hit-too-hard-even-john-cena-never-complained). Fightful spoke with several staff and talent about the situation, who claimed they hadn't heard of it being fabricated or worked, but also couldn't be certain.
"When you get into mentioning that wrestling isn't real it defeats the purpose of whatever storyline you could be trying to work," said one veteran when we asked if the tweets and comments were real or worked. "They were talking about hitting each other hard and complaining, so if it's a work, it's a bad one. I'm sure they'll eventually have a match though, just because people are talking."
Another top talent in AEW was frustrated by the way things played out, regardless of if it was a work or a shoot, because they felt it painted a poor picture of AEW's locker room. We've heard that the locker room has been much more cohesive since the Brawl Out situation that left numerous top stars suspended. A turning point that several AEW talent pointed to was Chris Jericho, Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley's talent meeting that calmed many nerves and was said to have helped get a lot of people on the right track.
Another AEW original had said that they viewed the Andrade/Sammy Guevara situation as disrespectful to the work those three put in on making that happen, regardless of the context of what follows, specifically whether it was planned or spontaneous, or worked. One of the points hammered home in recent weeks had been to keep dirty laundry private in that regard.
There were a couple of others that we heard from who were steadfast in the "if it doesn't involve me, I'm not going to pay attention to it or concern myself with it," camp, and also pointed to the more cohesive locker room of late.
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Cody Berntsen
2022-10-06 01:12:01 +0000 UTCI know it’s the fuck Sammy Year for most of y’all but this one is solely on Andrade. Stop exposing the business and keep your mouth shut. If it was situation that was handled, there was no need to bring it up. It looks like the vets go after Sammy because they can and it makes Sammy look stupid. Sammy defended himself but he could of done that when they flew in on Tuesday or Wednesday.
Lawrence Robinson
2022-10-05 23:59:22 +0000 UTCSammy and Andrade both handled this terribly--Andrade for talking about something private in an interview. Sammy for having a public reaction when he could easily have spoken about it directly--ideally with some witnesses with him! Sammy missed the key point--you might have drama, doesn't mean you have to tweet back and feed the troll.
David Feig
2022-10-05 23:56:36 +0000 UTCI don’t understand how anyone felt this was a work. Wrestling fans are the worst. “iTs A WoRk”. Seriously.
Dave Stroble
2022-10-05 23:54:42 +0000 UTCAnd being quite honest, it has been quite some time since Sammy offered something valuable on TV.
2022-10-05 23:40:35 +0000 UTCSammy seems to be the common denominator of problems lately. There’s no accountability because he’s besties with Tony 🤦🏼♀️
2022-10-05 23:39:39 +0000 UTCMan I am actually really curious why?. Why AEW talent keeps doing this? It has become common seeing some of them going wild in public and why those things doesnt happen in wwe? Maybe it is wwe's more corporate environment that constrain wrestler from those behaviours?
2022-10-05 23:37:45 +0000 UTCI love your name, friend! But totally agree, he's been a walking PR disaster for a while now.
2022-10-05 23:23:52 +0000 UTCEddie admitted the whole sammy thing was his fault,Sammys in the clear on that one.
Mustang
2022-10-05 23:12:12 +0000 UTCI wouldn't be surprised if Jericho in particular is one of those upset with Sammy. After his kerfuffle with Kingston (who admitted he overreacted), now Sammy's the one who's overreacting and going off on Twitter. And yeah, I think it's disrespectful to do that after Jericho, Mox, and Danielson's meeting on issues in-house.
Sheila Antonio
2022-10-05 23:04:29 +0000 UTCI’m sick of Sammy. Get that dude off my television forever.
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2022-10-05 23:03:46 +0000 UTCi feel like sammy is on the fast track to go away heat
James Horgan
2022-10-05 23:00:10 +0000 UTCAnd now Andrade's match is off Rampage, so I don't think this is a work. As usual, Sammy doesn't get punished.
John Horton
2022-10-05 22:58:28 +0000 UTCSo assuming something happened backstage with Andrade, this is the second time Sammy's been involved in a backstage altercation in as many months. They gotta cut bait at some point. He's not worth the hassle.
2022-10-05 22:57:57 +0000 UTCIt seems like Andrade is doing anything he can to get released.
Evilgood
2022-10-05 22:57:20 +0000 UTC
