Below are some top AEW & WWE news stories of the day.
• AEW stars Rush and Dralistico are reportedly dealing with backstage heat after an incident during a recent match, which has affected their status in the company.
During a Q&A on Fightful Select, Sean Ross Sapp revealed the duo faced backlash for their actions during the November 14 Collision taping.
Rush and Dralistico were initially scheduled to defeat The Acclaimed, a win that would have secured their spot at AEW Full Gear. However, during their match with Richard Holliday and Alec Price, tensions flared when they got physical with Holliday as he was being checked on by a medic.
This incident caused backstage friction and led to changes in creative plans for the two wrestlers, impacting their trajectory in AEW.
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• During an interview with Chris Van Vliet, Kurt Angle talked about facing Chad Gable in a singles match on WWE RAW in March 2019, which Angle won.
Angle praised Gable’s performance and gave Chad credit for making him look good:
“Chad made me look good. He did. Chad’s incredible. He’s a very talented kid, and I’m just glad that they’re utilizing [American Made] properly because I know he’s undersized a little bit. They didn’t know what to do with them. But this kid could be a World Champion and be very marketable.
I mean, especially with the gimmick he has right now, with the whole USA thing, and ‘You Suck’ and everything where, he’s like, my son. He should have been, yeah, exactly. But Vince McMahon had other ideas, having Jason Jordan be my son, which was ridiculous.”
Regarding fans chanting ‘You Suck’ at Gable, Angle said:
“It’s crazy because when they did it to me, when they first started doing it, it was because they thought I really sucked. And for Chad, it’s a term of endearment, so they’re saying ‘you’re awesome’ instead of ‘you suck’. But they’re just saying it because they used to say that to me.”
