Jacques Rougeau Says He Was Booed By ‘About 10 Percent’ Of AEW Redemption Crowd

Jacques Rougeau says that most of the audience at AEW Redemption weren’t booing him, and were instead upset he was being booed. The July 26th AEW PPV took place in Montreal and had a Rougeau Dynasty Celebration on the Buy In pre-show. Jacques Rougeau ended up getting booed by those in attendance, but he said in his appearance on Wrestling Life Online that it was mostly people who were not pleased that he was being booed. You can see the highlights below (per Fightful):

On Getting Booed:

“There is a running gag that there is a good Rougeau and a bad Rougeau, and I roll with it because it’s kind of the truth. Raymond has always been an easygoing guy. Whatever is put on his plate, he’ll eat. He’s very diplomatic. He’s always known how to sit between two people and please two people. I’ve never been like that. I’ve always been very prompt and quick on the trigger. That put me in many positions throughout my career where I said my piece of mind where, when I look back, business is business, and you should learn how to be more diplomatic. I guess that’s the autistic side of me, but I can’t; there is no gray zone with me/

“I made a lot of haters in the business. Raymond starts talking and they are applauding him. When I took the microphone, there were about 10% who were booing me, and I lit up. I started laughing. I made fun of it. I told them to kiss my ass. It felt so good and the reaction is so great. The 90% that loved me, they were upset that the 10% was booing me. When I told them to kiss my ass, they popped big time. The 10% popped too.”

On Tony Khan’s Reaction to the Segment:

“Tony Khan came to see me, and he gave me three or four hugs. ‘That was amazing. That was amazing.’ All the pressure fell of whether I did the right thing. I questioned myself for ten or 15 minutes: ‘Did I do the right thing?’ With all the great messages I got, wow, what a comeback on the haters. That was fulfilling.”