More details proceed to emerge following the now-debunked report that Brody King was kept off “AEW Dynamite” on Wednesday following the group the previous week in Las Vegas chanting “F*** ICE” during a segment featuring King and MJF. The chants were inspired by King’s ongoing criticism of the federal immigration enforcement agency. Based on a latest report from Fightful Select, AEW President Tony Khan himself confirmed to the outlet that King was not held off “Dynamite” by Warner Bros. Discovery.
WBD provided an announcement to Wrestling Inc. on Thursday that denied the media company kept the primary contender to the AEW World Championship off the show. The statement said, partially, WBD didn’t have any involvement in King’s upcoming AEW schedule and he is ready to compete at Grand Slam: Australia, which is able to air each on TNT and HBO Max on Saturday.
Based on Fightful, and simply verifiable on social media, some fans attempted to play semantics over WBD’s wording of their statement, specifically the usage of the word “upcoming” when it got here to King’s schedule. Fightful reported it was specifically clarified to them that WBD did mean Wednesday’s edition of “Dynamite,” where AEW World Champion MJF was also not physically present.
It was also confirmed to Fightful that talent had already began to travel to Australia before “Dynamite” and one other group took off on Wednesday. The corporate is ready to host Grand Slam, a two-and-a-half hour special where King will challenge MJF for the title, at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney.