There was a story that was posted over the weekend by Ryan Frederick from The Wrestling Observer Newsletter about Bobby Fish attempting to convince Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly to ask for their release from AEW so that they can return to WWE.
Both Cole and O’Reilly reportedly told Fish that they would not do so. Frederick continued, “It’s possible Cole may have clued Tony in. If he did, I doubt he was the only one. I’m sure Swerve was one of them who did so.”
Later, it was claimed by Fightful that this story was “vehemently denied” by AEW sources, and WWE insiders maintain that they have not had any negotiations with Fish.
During an appearance on his podcast titled “Undisputed,” he discussed the original report and referred to the situation as “absurd.”
Fish said, “Because guess what boys? After over 25 years or something like that in the wrestling business, I don’t know how contracts work myself [Fish laughed]. I guess what was most troublesome and amusing at the same time to me was how many outlets picked up on what was — because if there’s anybody who knows that it’s totally fabricated information then it would be me, Adam [Cole], Kyle [O’Reilly], Hunter, the people that it’s talking about who didn’t do any of the things, so none of it’s real and even people like Jim Cornette picked it up and commented on it and Jim and I have always had a great relationship. If I’m being honest, Jim hurt my feelings a little bit by believing some bullsh*t about me so easily. But yeah, it is what it is and I think that that’s what sucks most about it is that these people who write this stuff, there’s no checks and balances, there’s no ramifications when you are in the wrong. Therefore, they continue to just write whatever it is that they’re gonna write and it gets picked up by whomever and then it becomes — the fact or fiction line really doesn’t matter so, the whole thing is just absurd.”
Fish made his debut for Impact Wrestling not too long ago following his departure from AEW; however, the company has not yet signed him to a full-time contract at this moment.
You can listen to the complete podcast below:
(H/T to POST Wrestling for the transcription)
