The real reason that a TNA Wrestling star’s match over the past weekend didn’t feature on MyAEW has been confirmed.
With MyAEW having recently launched, a number of independent wrestling promotions stream live events on the platform.
One such event that took place before AEW All In: London was Revolution Pro Wrestling’s 14 Year Anniversary Show, which took place on August 29 at OVO Wembley Arena.
The card featured a mix of independent wrestling talent, alongside stars from AEW including PAC, Death Riders, Will Ospreay and FTR. The show also featured a match involving TNA Wrestling star Leon Slater.
The culmination of the feud between Slater and his mentor, Liam Slater, the match wouldn’t be streamed on MyAEW, with many fans criticising TNA President Carlos Silva for forbidding it.
The Wrestling Observer Daily Update has now provided insight into the reason the match didn’t stream on the platform, with Dave Meltzer writing:
“Andy Quildan (owner of Revolution Pro Wrestling) noted to us that the Leon Slater vs. Liam Slater match will be put up on YouTube soon from yesterday’s RevPro show.
“There were no direct instructions not to air the match on MyAEW but to avoid problems since it involved a TNA wrestler, he made the call not to put it on MyAEW.
“It did air on the RevPro stream, but to make it up for those who purchased the PPV from RevPro, they are putting it up.”
Leon Slater recently captured the X Division Championship for a second time, before cashing in for Option C, seeing him lay out a challenge to Nic Nemeth for the TNA World Championship.
Avoiding Problems Caused Further Issues
Looking at the emerging rhetoric during the stream of the RevPro 14th Anniversary Show, it was clear that fans were annoyed at Slater vs. Slater not being part of the MyAEW stream.
For some, they initially thought that there had been an issue with the livestream itself, with a notice that it would “resume shortly” being visible. Others rapidly took issue with Carlos Silva and TNA Wrestling for blocking the match, slamming the company for the tactic.
While it has now become clear that it was an internal decision, a segment of those watching the MyAEW stream did wonder why no announcement had been made ahead of the show that the match wouldn’t be shown live. This would have potentially assuaged some of the criticism being levelled at TNA Wrestling for something that, apparently, wasn’t their doing.
Andy Quildan stating that the match will be on the RevPro YouTube channel will hopefully pacify those who missed it, with an appropriate approach taken in the future to handle such “problems” when it comes to talent contracted elsewhere. MyAEW continues to be new territory for many independent promotions, and navigating those waters will certainly take time, particularly when not beholden to a specific subset of contracted stars.
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