More details on Trey Miguel's canceled AEW deal (Patreon)

Trey Miguel is no longer in AEW after he was released last week.

Fightful confirmed the news over the weekend, and more details have emerged. It was confirmed to us that the word relayed to Miguel is that it was a decision above AEW, heavily implied to be a WBD decision. To be very specific, we were told it was in relation to a post that Miguel made in 2020 that was homophobic in nature, of which he immediately apologized for. We were told that there were no additional posts or situations that were said to have factored into that reason provided, outside of online speculation. 

The reaction inside AEW was one of frustration, as Miguel and the Rascalz have good relationships in the company. There were a number of wrestlers who felt like there were standards applied to AEW talent that don’t apply to other personalities who have appeared on WBD properties. There were countless examples provided of prominently featured WBD names that had made controversial comments and weren’t thrown off the air or prevented from getting deals.

It was constantly reiterated that there was nobody in AEW that got him fired. When we reached out to TNA sources, they said that there haven’t been any problems with him in the company. We've not found a single contact in AEW so far in favor of him being released.

Fightful has reached out to a number of WBD contacts on and off the record, one of which replied on background.

“I can’t speak to the validity of rumors, but I can’t say I agree the decision if tru,” they said. “If it were an unhealthy pattern of behavior, that’s cause for alarm, but that does not seem to be the case here.”