A confirmation has come that Ace Steel was released by AEW. It was speculated that Steel was released from AEW when he had sent out a tweet with an animated gif that said “Freedom” on October 12th. Dave Meltzer confirmed on Wrestling Observer Radio that Steel is no longer under contract with the company.
“So he was officially released yesterday. So I guess that is the first bit of news out of that whole situation in weeks. There’s a lot of other stuff going on.”
Ace Steel was involved in controversy before release
CM Punk was reportedly involved in an altercation following the conclusion of the All Out pay-per-view. During the post-AEW All Out media scrum, CM Punk blasted Colt Cabana, Hangman Page, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks. Punk utterly buried Page and Cabana in particular while blaming the Bucks and Omega for being incompetent EVPs.
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez mentioned during Wrestling Observer Radio that they saw a police officer run by, and they figured a fight broke out with someone else. It was later revealed that Ace Steel was also involved in the “melee.” Ace Steel, was allegedly involved as he reportedly threw a chair that hit Nick Jackson in the eye. Steel also reportedly bit Kenny Omega and pulled the hair of the former World Champion. AEW has suspended Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Pat Buck, Chris Daniels, Michael Nakazawa, and Brandon Cutler following the backstage fight.
It has been further noted that CM Punk, The Young Bucks, and Kenny Omega are all still with the company, but they are under suspension. We will have to see what the future holds for them.
