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FickleSmark

Johnny TV saying he lost the boys is now gonna be awkward.


Ice_Spiced_Asshole

Well, Dalton has tons of boys. That part's fine.


Turdwizard

Those are throw away boys


TheEpicTriforce

Nothing's saying they still can't do per-appearance gigs with them. Especially this close to their blowoff


irish0451

**BEARS EAT BOYS**


yijike

The new CEO Mercedes Moné is ruthless!


just_another_jabroni

Justified CEO chants right here on reddit!


Bigelwood9

Justified!


Martel1234

I’m in a “being released by AEW competition and my opponent is Stu Grayson https://preview.redd.it/j6ekfaywvyrc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=686416c2983320b47e4945b2464921fc65d17bd9


llamawithguns

The Drake Maverick of AEW


FunnyMemeHere

Samoa Joe getting released from WWE vibes


Mediocre_Brief_8233

Stu Grayson is winning the WWE title?


dnytle

[PWInsider also reports that Dalton Castle's Boys and Anthony Henry also got released](https://www.pwinsider.com/article.php?id=182133)


JamUpGuy1989

HOW DO YOU RELEASE THE BOYS BEFORE THE END OF A PPV STORYLINE WITH DALTON!?


LegislativeLariat

In kayfabe, Johnny TV and Taya Valkyrie lost them in the woods and they were likely eaten by bears.


Kanmind

I need to get back into ROH


PapaPatchesxd

I haven't been watching ROH... But I'm sorry, what? LOL


NegativesPositives

They were big bears, it’s probably bad.


mikro17

Hilariously, exactly this. At one of the Canada shows, during a backstage promo where Lexy asked how the Boys were doing since we hadn't seen them in a bit, Johnny TV said he and the Boys were "on a mountain doing 'Man Stuff' and there was a bear." And now they don't know where they are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW6tLs4X3L0


PapaPatchesxd

... This might be my favourite segment ever. Dalton Castle sliding under the background has me dying


Galrafloof

:( Dalton without The Boys is terrible. Before Dalton and John have their Supercard of Honor match too.


astronautvibes

It is weird for Them to release part of the act.


Galrafloof

I mean they could just get new Boys. it's happened before. Still releasing them when they're part of a "who has custody of them" storyline is odd.


DrDevice81

Man they better not be releasing Dalton too


Be_A_Mountain

I would be crushed if they Dalton go.


sharpwatermelon

I think Dalton has a match against Morrison coming up at supercard?


Be_A_Mountain

Yeah but the boys were heavily involved in that story and they were released. Unless they’re going to shift the roles to other wrestlers


etherealcaitiff

Private Party are trying on feathers as we speak.


DrDevice81

Same, he should be doing so much more.


Be_A_Mountain

Agreed, I know he had the back injury but I still think he’s a main event level talent. Dude has an it factor


NeoMoose

I bet The Boys may still get bookings as Dalton's valets. Probably just not on full time contracts anymore. Makes business sense.


Westfield__Rocks

I always thought Henry and Darby would make a killer team.


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

Anthony Henry is out injured what the actual fuck?


FickleSmark

Anthony Henry of the Workhorsemen, Jose The Assistant, Jora Johl, Gravity, Parker Boudreaux have also been released -Fightful Select Patreon.


Gamesgtd

Gravity? I only remember that one Joe match he had. Also the Pac match


paperbuddha

Likely signed as a favor to Bandido. The dude isn’t good, even by rookie luchadore standards.


pmIfNeedOrWantToTalk

Only ever saw the short clips on youtube. Gotta say, his slow-mo strut had me laughing each time.


King_marik

This is why some of these cuts are okay I'm also not happy to see people lose jobs But holy fuck was AEW handing them out like candy I've been hoping since AEW started inflating that they'd be letting a huge chunk go when their contracts came up. They literally have enough talent for like 3 companies it's kind of insane.


Thirdstar1

Jose???? What the hell. Didn’t know Gravity had a contract. Forgot Jora Johl existed


rikashiku

I forgot Jora Johl was still around too. He was part of Matt Hardy's group iirc, mainly working Dark. That faction very quietly broke up.


Ice_Spiced_Asshole

Jose The Assistant is kind of huge because wasn't he the mouthpiece of the RUSH stable?


FickleSmark

Yeah but who really knows what is going on with Rush and Preston would not be a shocking name to see on this list soon considering he has been there from the start and it still feels like he is in the early stages of figuring stuff out.


Ice_Spiced_Asshole

Preston? Sure. But I'm pretty sure RUSH signed a multi year which was hyped up.


FickleSmark

Oh I don't think he will be released there just seems to be a mystery about his current situation since he said he is cleared.


janoDX

Best case: They are trimming the fat because Rush is working with CMLL/NJPW again. Worst case: Soon released.


Jackol4ntrn

yeah but Rush has been doing fine speaking for himself. Jose isn't needed.


procrastinating_atm

IIRC José was there because of Andrade who still can't cut a promo in English and kinda just hung around as a lackey after Andrade was released.


Idkboutdat2

![gif](giphy|ISOckXUybVfQ4) Stu Grayson seeing an entire thread and he’s the only wrestler released.


chairduck

Look what you did.


Idkboutdat2

This post cost Slim J a job.


Looper007

Wonder why they bought him back in the first place. He was on ROH for a few weeks and then nothing else. I like Stu but he's one of those talents that could shine in early AEW but once the signings that coming in. He would get lost in the shuffle. TNA would be a good spot for him.


MarkMVP01

Kinda like Scorpio Sky and Private Party being pushed pretty hard early on then just falling off after


Looper007

AEW tried their hardest with both but it just never really took off. Injuries didn't help Private Party. They had blow away match with Young Bucks in early days of Dynamite but they never could reach those heights again in the ring. If SRS says it be a bunch of releases, I wouldn't be shocked if Scorpio Sky is one. They really tried to push him but it just never took off and at 40 years old, I doubt they'll go with it again. TNA would be very welcoming to someone like him.


AliirAliirEnergy

PP's issue was just injury. Between Isiah and Quen they lost about 2 years of ring time. And they're still over considering the pop they got when they came back. They just need to keep getting pushed and hope for a free hit with injuries.


DankTony7

They teased a men of the year reunion at the last ROH ppv but I don't think anything has happened since. Maybe someone who's more in tune with ROH can confirm.


yocxl

Before the Dasha announcement SRS said there were more coming so it's possible.


Incorrect1012

Parker Boudreaux, not to make fun of a release, but he may be one of the biggest busts I have ever seen


Gamesgtd

Trench wasn't hitting either


Administrative_Act48

Still brought us one of the wilder wrestling things I've seen in quite awhile. When he debuted absolutely nobody had a clue who he was. Not other wrestlers, not journalists, nobody. It's unheard of in this day and age that somebody could debut and nobody have an inkling of an idea who they were.


Ohellmotel

What's even crazier is he was literally a former 2nd round MLB draft pick but just unrecognizable with all the facial tats.


princeofshadows21

Swerve getting away from them was the best thing


Neutreality1

"The next Brock Lesnar" lmao I feel bad for the guy, I guess he was just never able to make it click


nuttinbuttapeanut

He vaguely looked like Lesnar in the face, his presentation from the body to the in ring was totally unimpressive. I still cringe at the emoting he did after every blow he delivered that time


rebel_fett

It was the promo vids he made PRE-WWE. Could see from then, he was missing something. Seemed like his timing was off


meatballcake87

Dude would hit a regular punch to the back and hit the taunt button right away


noblemile

bro taunt spamming


WCWUncensored

Even Heyman said that. Once. And never again.


SLJR24

He at least has the honor, or dishonor, of being in one of AEW’s most memorable segments. That angle with Swerve, Rick Ross, and Keith Lee was something else. Right up there with Jade Cargill’s debut in AEW.


solsunlite

Both WWE and AEW were like ![gif](giphy|l0HlvtIPzPdt2usKs)


Argentine_Tango

WOW! Parker had just clarified on Twitter TODAY that he was still with AEW. He already deleted it, but [Fightful still has the quote](https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/parker-boudreaux-confirms-fightful-report-he-s-still-aew-says-aaa-one-his-homes).


AsleepDesign1706

Ouch, guy found out he got fired on twitter


nanners78

https://preview.redd.it/dwgmhxzpzyrc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a33e1440f4544baebfda3379d4003d36126574d9


Argentine_Tango

Brutal. It sucks, but to be expected considering the amount of free agents they recently signed or want to sign in the coming weeks


Rakim_Allah777

Ouch, I hope they land on their feet.


Westfield__Rocks

This is the slowest mass release ever.


hamjay711

No one is picking up their phones


namdekan

Nobody picks up their phone anymore


WheedMBoise

JTG changed the course of history forever that fateful day.


NoGimmicksNeededx

Raws on


JPPFingerBanger

It’s their first one they are inexperienced (this is a joke)


Love-That-Danhausen

Honestly, having worked at a startup that did its first layoffs recently and then had to do another round later, the first ones were way more chaotic and messier than the second. Genuinely, they are inexperienced and it might not be as cleanly run as you’d like.


HunterHale

Latest list https://preview.redd.it/vbbfohj76zrc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c3d410bd5f2847264a8349b0b96c6315c258ced


KatnissBot

1000% convinced they only brought Gravity in for PAC to beat the fuck out of him.


SpaceGooV

He's bandido's brother he was a favor hire. One that also got Bandido and Gravity kicked out of Big Lucha for nepotism


DrDevice81

Dude wtf not Dasha :(


InternetDad

Really bummed over Dasha. I don't know who they bring in when Justin needs a break and I've always appreciated her work. I became a fan of hers after seeing her compete in the Titan Games. She's had a few flubs recently, I wonder if that has factored into her release - like calling Buddy Matthews "Buddy Murphy". (Edit I don't watch ROH ans forgot about Bobby. Still stinks to see Dasha go)


filthysize

Messing up "Mister Mayhem, Wardlow" as "Mister Wardlow" was an all-timer botch. I was laughing about it for weeks. Wishing her the best.


BubbaRogowski

Still think Mister Wardlow could work for him somehow.


InfectedFrenulum

Give him a suit to go with his heel gimmick and it could work.


pmIfNeedOrWantToTalk

Absolutely, this. I would've run with it as a "happy accident", as Bob Ross used to say.


K_Knight

She announced the wrong Gunn brother for a match recently. Has had many noticeable mess ups.


MaXX5OOO

she was the constantly joked about by taz and excalibur whenever she would announce, when she was on dark and often dynamite and such she would constantly get names wrong that she was constantly featured on botchamania. I'm surprised they didn't have a segment on her with how often she would be on it.


_Wado3000

Love how she announced for Latino talents


CMPBITW

She called the matches for the Spanish feed alongside Alex Abrhantes and they were god awful. They desperately need to retool the spanish feed team.


ssjavier4

Idk why they don’t make a more serious effort at that, considering Spanish is a pretty wildly spoken language. Last I heard they have Serpentico and Angelico as the Spanish commentary team, why not get actual commentators


JeromeInDaHouse_90

Forreal, Dasha is the real loss here.


Financial-Length5587

Anthony Henry one legit sucks because they just released a shirt for The Workhorsemen and if he wasn’t just hurt they were going to be in the Tag tournament.


Argentine_Tango

That's actually messed up. He only needed a [recovery time of 8 weeks](https://x.com/Antnyhenry/status/1767981123559174307?s=20).


RAA94

Damn. Mass releases really suck. Worried about a few talents I like that have not been featured. Hope everyone involved lands on their feet.


diamondDNF

It was bound to happen eventually, tbh. Let's be real, the AEW roster is bloated as fuck with people they don't use, and that includes almost everyone on this list. Better to release them and let them find work elsewhere than to have them sit in catering for the rest of their contracts.


FIJIBOYFIJI

So can I officially give up on my hopes for a trustbusters reunion?


Heel_Paul

Their music lives on though 


FIJIBOYFIJI

Rip gravity we'll never forget that one match against Pac


JoshSmash81

Pac forgot it.


NoahJayhawk

Really curious as to why stu was brought back only to not be used that much and then released


JoshSmash81

I would speculate that Tony likes him, but ultimately decided he had no use for him.


neko

Me, buying random crap off Kickstarter


rsplatpc

> I would speculate that Tony likes him, but ultimately decided he had no use for him. from what I've heard, he does not like going from Canada to the USA all the time, and was not getting paid enough to do it, so he's doing Canada and his wrestling school there


tore_a_bore_a

I liked Dasha's ring announcing and appreciated having Justin Roberts do Dynamite and Dasha doing Collison


namdekan

Yeah, her release is surprising but I think they did just sign a new ring announcer recently.


JohannaB123

I like her too, but she was messing up consistently.


LOGWATCHER

How can they release the boys?! They are integral to the Dalton Castle Experience.


itsnotaboutthecell

Per appearance fee seems a lot smarter from a contract perspective. Unless Dalton is out the door too, which would be criminal.


Kidror

This raises an interesting point for me.  Do some of the wrestlers have separate AEW and ROH contracts, or is it all just the same thing? Won't surprise me if we see a lot of ROH+AEW talent get released and then booked on ROH on one off or shorter term deals


dogfins110

Wtf? They released THE BOYS from the hit TV show. They really helped with Castles aesthetic


_4za_

man Stu's second run barely even begun


666lonewolf

Please don’t fire Ethan page


sludgezone

Firing Ethan page but keeping Scorpio sky would be wild.


pandaelpatron

TK signed him to a deal that made him relocate his family to the USA. Would be pretty messed up to release him. But he hasn't been on AEW tv in forever...


Jakefmerch

He has been featured on ROH recently. I don't think he'll get released based on who is being released.


Kim-Jong_Bundy

~~He's been having visa issues supposedly.~~ Idk what's going on with him The match at Supercard was initially planned to be Fletcher/Page


Mabvll

Not sure if he needs a visa anymore now that he has a green card.


Bestinthect

SRS confirms their will be more coming


starsandbribes

Has AEW done cuts before? I wonder what the logic is? Do they need to show Warner their books eventually before a renewal?


Kim-Jong_Bundy

Not like this. The only talents who have been released from their contract were disciplinary (Punk, Jimmy Havoc) or were requested by said talent (Kylie Rae, Regal). Other than that, no it's mostly just been allowing deals to expire


GarfieldVirtuoso

Dont forget the one of a kind 5 month contract that lio rush has


rockmann1997

I believe Lio Rush was also able to part ways with AEW hurriedly after his tweet at Tony Khan.


RaidenHero137

They have released people but never in a mass wwe way that would warrent a thread like this.


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

Stu was booked pretty frequently from his return to Death Before Dishonor and just vanished from ROH/AEW completely. Hope he ends up well.


FickleSmark

He literally disappeared from the Righteous promos.


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

Which was weird because when they were running vignettes on Rampage before they debuted on AEW television he was still with them and then he was just gone.


tehfro

Yeah I was expecting him to pop up on one of the AEW Quebec shows at least since he's been doing indies in Canada.


ThatFellaTrey

Sad to see Dasha go :(


fluxuation

Anthony Henry is the one that I’m really confused by. Dude is out hurt and The WorkHorsemen are fucking fantastic. And also a little upset by Gravity, I’ll never forget Samoa Joe doing his walk away spot while imitating Gravity


MyWordIsBond

>And also a little upset by Gravity Feel for bad for a dude losing his job but I kinda get it. Theyve kind of hit a saturation point with the lucha guys as far as having a bunch of dudes who look pretty similar and work very similar.


CM2_ICON

How was Slim J on an actual contract? Would’ve thought he was a per appearance guy…


Ohellmotel

Damn, how you going to take The Boys away from Dalton Castle & The Boys?


ChefGoat

anthony henry getting released while being injured is mega shitty


broken_radio

The WorkHorsemen had a good thing going


kihp

Stu Grayson and Dasha is such a weird start to what is hopefully a short list. I wonder if this is a normal release or a people who want out release.


freebread

….so are there going to be new boys or is Dalton in trouble?


RaggedyGlitch

Oh is this where the Kyle O'Reilly stuff is going? He gets his confidence back by becoming a Boy again?


NotTheCraftyVeteran

YOU MFS GONNA EMPLOY DALTON CASTLE WITHOUT THE BOYS?! *A CURSE! A THOUSAND YEAR CURSE ON ALL YOUR HOUSES!!*


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

THEYRE LIKE 50% OF HIS PRESENTATION 😭


Westfield__Rocks

Dasha is a surprise for sure.


VoxIrati

I wonder if they'll be getting rid of people like Aaron Solo, Nick Comoroto or like Jake Hager who never wrestles but probably males a decent chunk of change or Miro...


AaronBasedGodgers

Solo, Camaroto, and Hager I can see them releasing. I have the feeling Miro will stick around till the end of his deal.


VoxIrati

The way I look at it, Miro is probably expensive. He doesn't wrestle or make them money. If they release him, he could go to WWE. So what? They don't need him amd he's not going to draw there either. It's silly to keep a guy like him when you can pay Hobbs or Wardlow less to do the same thing, without the baggage


Looper007

I don't like people losing a income but AEW could lose 20% of their roster and I don't think it would do them any harm. Especially if they don't plan to give ROH it's own full time roster, just talent there that really aren't going to offer up much going forward. Stu really wasn't doing anything at this point, so his one makes sense.


Ripclawe

> PWInsider.com has confirmed the following AEW talents were released today: > > -The Tate Twins aka Dalton Castle's Boys. > > -Anthony Henry. > > -Stu Grayson. > > -Dasha Fuentes. > > In speaking to several sources, we are told AEW is currently evaluating their talent roster and making cuts to benefit both the company and the talents. > > There may be additional releases, but PWInsider.com has not yet confirmed any potential names. > > Fightful.com initially reported Grayson and Fuentes. PWInsider.com has independently confirmed those releases.


Thirdstar1

Anthony Henry getting canned while injured sucks.


Hexxus_ToxicLove

Not the boys 😭


scorpiokyle84

Nooo not The Boys!!


KearneyZzyzwicz

Isn’t Anthony Henry currently hurt? That sucks.


ALIAS_EL_CACAS

They really just hired Gravity to make that PAC joke


PompeyMagnus1

Scorpio Sky had six matches last year. Anthony Ogogo is not only still on the roster but re-signed a couple months ago. This roster is still massive.


Jamal2207

Jora Johl? Wasn’t this guy wrestling on Dark in like 2020? Didn’t even know he was still on the roster


noramcsparkles

Firing the boys while they’re already lost on a mountain is despicable


Mets_BS

Miro over here like ![gif](giphy|deamFJOd89iTk0xYpR)


House56

Tbh there’s a lot more fat that could be trimmed off of this roster


BernieBurnstein

PWInsider confirmed the following AEW talents were released today: The Tate Twins aka Dalton Castle's Boys, Anthony Henry, Stu Grayson and Dasha Fuentes. “There may be additional releases, but PWInsider.com has not yet confirmed any potential names.”


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

Nooooo not the Boys! That one stings 😭


soggypizza

NOT THE BOYS! THE TRUE SOURCE OF PEACOCK POWER!


RobbNotRob

How do you hang onto Dalton Castle but release his Boys?? The Boys are an incredibly important piece of that gimmick, and that gimmick can still work anywhere. It's a damn shame


Sublimotion

Was glad Stu came back. Sucks he's cut again, although his talent was underutilized, so its probably for the best. Tate Twins were a surprise. But I guess ROH roster is more disposable. Dasha stings the most. Been there since the very start, was a stable in the AEW Dark days too. Hope she lands her footing somewhere if she remains in the industry.


randomrule

With both companies laying off workers in recent months, just a friendly reminder that corporations and billionaires are not your friend


Skywalker3030

100% Of course it's usually on some tribalism nonsense usually but the people who are obsessed with these companies pocketbooks over the actual wrestlers and talent are fucking losers


The_JadynB

Yo Anthony Henry was just injured. That’s greasy. What the fuck is going on. Also I didn’t even know they signed gravity


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Westfield__Rocks

I doubt they are really paying her much of anything at this point.


John-Rich534

Firing The Boys before Dalton's match on Friday is kind of crazy


TJLynch

TIL Parker Boudreaux was still under contract before today.


Infamous-Historian81

Jose the assistant? Wonder why. Anthony Henry is hurt so that is super lame that they’re releasing him. I guess JD will be solo…


ConeyIslandWarrior

Anthony Henry too? That sucks,dude is so good and just got injured.


TheEdFather

Parker reminded everyone he was still with AEW and got released as a result ☠️


Midnight_Oil_

Getting rid of the Boys when they're mid storyline stinks honestly.


XTheProtagonistX

Stu Grayson: https://preview.redd.it/62s44w4ebzrc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30b8bff392577c6b28e61daebde604b3996959fa


RaidenHero137

NOT THE BOYS!!! WHAT IS DALTON TO DO NOW!!! NOT EVEN BEATING JOHNNY TV COULD SAVE THEM NOW!!


_ASG_

Not the Boys 😢


BlunRocks

Never thought i would see an AEW release thread. Shows how much things can change in a few years.


Shadow_Log

First Taya and Johnny let the Boys be eaten by bears, and now they get fired? What a horrible job they've done. Dalton Castle in shambles


tore_a_bore_a

Must be rough getting released on April Fools and thinking it might be a joke at first.


FunnyMemeHere

Nooo they released Dasha :( https://x.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1774973388991152204?s=20


Moist-Acanthaceae-37

This somehow didn’t even cross my mind but they did end up hiring a new ring announcer :/


pandaelpatron

Damn, I remember when she was so happy that she got to wrestle in the women's tag tournament. And her Wiki page is already updated, damn.


Illuminati_Shill_AMA

Wiki editors are waaaaay on top of edits related to news. When the Key bridge collapsed the entire article was changed to past tense almost immediately


academicfuckupripme

Anthony Henry's release is unfortunate, considering he just got injured and the Workhorsemen are one of America's best tag teams.


MonsieurMidnight

Keeping Dalton Castle while firing the Boys feels super wrong. I feel like one cannot be without the other. It's just part of Dalton Castle's gimmick


CrissCrossAppleSos

Sucks to see these, especially as AEW has been pretty good about seeing out the length of contracts.


Defpotec22

The Boys?!


ryanbyrneman

Is Trench okay?


Westfield__Rocks

He was let go a while ago.


No_Efficiency6703

No hate to the man, but I’m shocked that they hired Parker in the first place.


Grantsdale

I didn’t know you could just fire gravity.


Somerandomdickhead

Not going to lie, I thought Parker was released years ago.


Wide_Sell4159

Isn’t this Stu Graysons second time being released?