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Here are the results courtesy of JJ Williams and … Highlights included Brandi Rhodes making her return to the ring as well as the debut of former WWE NXT star Marina Shafir. Things just started to spiral downward, we weren’t on the same page, and that’s when I felt I was going to be released because nobody was in communication with me.AEW taped another round of Dark episodes on Friday at Universal Studios in Florida. I wish I would have enjoyed that moment a little better, but at the time, I just couldn’t stop thinking about I feel like I’ve now been put in a position that I’m going to look like even more of an a**hole because I have to bring this up while I have this title on. I was kind of beating myself up for that because I should have put my foot down a little more. I got the Cruiserweight Title put on me, still without a deal. I thought that was going to be the turning point where we kind of got on the same page, but unfortunately we never did. I think that initial first conversation with Hunter just automatically made things weird for me. I just want to get down to business right away.
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You can’t just call me and say, how have you been?’ How do you think I’ve been? I’m like, I haven’t been good. The first thing that I said to him was, ‘When are we going to talk about this contract. I was on USA already, so I think he wanted people who were on USA to push some more eyes on NXT now being on USA. I remember I was about to move to L.A, and when I was in L.A, I got a call from Hunter (Triple H) saying he wanted me to be on NXT because they had just got this new deal with USA Network.
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I reached out to them and I tried to get in contact with somebody, and nobody ever got back to me, and I just said, ‘F**k it. He’ll fly out to Connecticut when he has time, and we’ll call you when it’s that time.’ I didn’t hear anything from them for nine months. I was told that I was going to talk to Vince, but of course, the writers are telling me ‘He’s busy this week.
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I just don’t think they took that kindly. It needs to make sense for the both of us. I don’t think that they liked me being so vocal about it, and I should have been appreciative of the opportunity that I had, which I was.īut at the end of the day, it’s a business. I remember bringing up the conversation and saying, ‘Can I get some merch? Can I get a raise? Can I be on these meet and greets and signings with Bobby?’ It just doesn’t make sense. It was getting to a point where I couldn’t take it anymore. I felt like I was a waiter, like I was doing a lot of work for not that much money. Like, why am I not on these meet and greets with Bobby? How am I his mouthpiece, but I’m not there. I wanted to have a serious conversation with (Mark) Carrano and Vince (McMahon) and try to figure out how I can start making more money within the company. I have responsibilities.’ I know I might look like a kid, which I am, but I have a lot of responsibilities back at home. It’s getting to the point where I can’t really afford to do this anymore because I have kids. I remember being on tour in Canada and looking at my bank account. I wasn’t making the money Bobby was making, but I had to make all the towns. He was at all the signings, the meet and greets, all the live shows, and everything. At the time, Bobby was the Intercontinental Champion. “I remember being on the road with Bobby (Lashley). During an appearance on the Talk is Jericho podcast, AEW star Lio Rush discussed his time with WWE: