ALL ELITE WRESTLING have allegedly axed Kevin Kelly after his controversial social media outburst.
The 56-year-old began his profession on the unbiased circuit earlier than touchdown a tryout with WWE as a hoop announcer in 1996.
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He has since gone on to turn out to be one of the well-known wrestling commentators on the planet.
Kelly had loved lengthy stints calling the motion for Ring of Honor and New Japan Professional Wrestling earlier than signing for AEW final yr.
He was introduced in to work on AEW Collision alongside Nigel McGuiness however plainly his frustrations throughout the firm have boiled over.
Kelly was because of be present’s lead announcer however Tony Schiavone took over that position in October as he joined the previous and McGuinness to kind a three-man sales space.
And now his time working for Tony Khan’s promotion is reportedly over after a sequence of posts on X.
Wrestling followers initially seen that Kelly’s profile had been faraway from the roster web page of the AEW web site.
He was then absent from the Collision tapings in Atlanta on Thursday as McGuiness and Tony Schiavone sat within the commentary sales space.
Now numerous shops have said that the posts he made final weekend that questioned why Khan was not utilizing him extra and that additionally accused colleague Ian Riccaboni of sabotaging his profession and committing libel in opposition to him have led to him getting axed.
Replying to a fan that praised his commentary fashion with New Japan Professional Wrestling, Kelly wrote: “I do the identical factor in AEW as a result of it’s important to elucidate the why.
“However the thought of what I convey to the desk is misplaced there as a result of Ian libeled me. So I sit on the bench, valued by my friends, ready to get my quantity referred to as… I preserve asking why however get pushed apart. It’s okay as a result of there isn’t any one higher than me. Ask those that know they usually’ll let you know.”
He was then requested by one other follower to elaborate on his allegation that Riccaboni libeled him.
He replied: “Once you exit of your strategy to deliberately mischaracterize my elevating consciousness of the worldwide horrors of kid trafficking to a fringe conspiracy concept that everybody is aware of is bull***t in an effort to damage my profession and standing within the business, that on the very least is libelous.”
AEW have reportedly but to reply to requests for remark relating to affirmation that the posts have been behind them firing Kelly, whereas Riccaboni has additionally not made any public assertion.
