AEW is constructing momentum forward of what might be a extremely profitable summer season for the promotion, however Tony Khan remains to be lacking a number of stars. A former champion has been out of motion for months, and a latest replace has shed some mild on his standing.
Scorpio Sky was a founding member of AEW and, together with Frankie Kazarian, the corporate’s first World Tag Group Champions. Sky went on to seek out singles success after SoCal Uncensored dissolved, successful the TNT Championship twice. Nonetheless, he hasn’t wrestled a match for the promotion since September 2023.
Many assumed the three-time champion to be injured, however he is competed on the impartial scene in latest months, casting doubt on his standing with All Elite Wrestling. Sean Ross Sapp has now indicated on Fightful Choose that, so far as he is conscious, Scorpio Sky is wholesome.
The report famous that there have been inventive pitches for him and Personal Get together, and Sky did seemingly start an angle with the tag staff in August 2024, however he was taken off TV shortly after with no clarification.
Scorpio Sky admits mistake was made throughout AEW feud with Sammy Guevara
After leaving the tag staff division, Scorpio Sky started chasing singles gold, and that led to him and Sammy Guevara buying and selling the TNT Championship a number of occasions in 2022.
Sadly, followers did not get behind both man’s push, and each fell flat as champions. On an episode of Perception with Chris Van Vliet final yr, Sky opined that they could have had a extra profitable feud if their dynamic have been reversed, with Scorpio because the babyface and Sammy because the heel:
“I believe that we did not capitalize on that the way in which we must always have. The factor with Sammy and I, the followers at first, he was the babyface I used to be the heel, after which they began turning throughout, and we did not lean proper into that, and on the time, I used to be pondering like I have to in all probability go babyface right here, like that is, like, take heed to the viewers, however that wasn’t actually the plan. So it was a bit little bit of a push and pull sort of scenario the place we in all probability ought to have simply listened to the viewers.”
AEW’s midcard has solely gotten stronger since Scorpio went on hiatus. Whether or not the 42-year-old will have the ability to discover success within the promotion once more stays to be seen.
