More on Ace Steel’s AEW Release, Other Movement On All Out Brawl Situation

UPDATE: A new report has some additional details on Ace Steel’s release from AEW and other notes regarding the All Out altercation investigation. PWInsider has independently confirmed than Steel was fired from the company on Tuesday, and Fightful Select note that it they had word from the Cincinnati taping on Tuesday that Steel was in fact gone from the company.

Fightful has some additional details regarding the reaction to Steel’s release, with the reaction from those in the company being unanimous that Steel’s firing was expected and would have been done the week after All Out if there hadn’t been pending legal ramifications. Most in the company believed by the post-All Out Dynamite/Rampage taping that they were effectively done working with Ace Steel, especially considering the fact that he was fined for cursing on TV just a few days previous to the matter. One longtime talent that was on good terms with Steel said that Steel’s fate was more or less sealed because the bite marks on Kenny Omega were still visible, and a veteran told Fightful on background that releasing Steel was a “no brainer” and bringing him back in any situation would have caused frustration in the company. One talent gave a comment that just said “Biting people bad.”

The report notes that the parties involved in the altercation was “more in contact” with AEW than they’ve been for a while, though the details around that aren’t certain. Punk was shown on AEW TV for the first time since All Out during a ROH Title montage last night, and the Young Bucks were featured in a Rampage commercial. The Elite were also mentioned as the inaugural AEW World Trios Champions on the show, and all of these were the first time any of them had been mentioned. Tuesday was the first time there’s been any word of movement on the matter or any optimism regarding “potential returns,” though what exactly that means was left vague.

ORIGINAL: During today’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that AEW officially released Ace Steel from the company earlier this week.

Steel was one of the people suspended following a brawl at All Out, which also involved CM Punk and the Elite. At this time, there’s still no word on the status of the other four. Steel was reported to have bitten Kenny Omega during the incident. Prior to this, he had been working as a producer for the company.