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More On Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara Being Pulled From WrestleCon, No Comment from AEW, Note On Jericho, Omega, & Moxley WrestleCon Bookings

February 18, 2020 | Posted by Jeffrey Harris
Darby Allin AEW All Out Image Credit: AEW

UPDATE: Fightful reports that WrestleCon confirmed to them that both Darby Allin and Sammy Guevara have been pulled from WrestleCon, and that they were not contacted directly by AEW, so they don’t know the reason for those guys being pulled. AEW has not offered any replacements to WrestleCon, and both Allin and Guevara are now booked to appear at the Great Philadelphia Comic-Con during the same weekend as WrestleCon.

WrestleCon also noted that Kenny Omega and Chris Jericho were booked through Barry Bloom Talent Agency, not AEW, and will appear at WrestleCon. Jon Moxley was booked through PrimeTime. Orange Cassidy, Nyla Rose, and Kris Statlander have all been cleared by AEW to appear at WrestleCon.

ORIGINAL: As previously reported, it was stated that All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was pulling talent from April’s WrestleCon, while some stars are still currently advertised for signings at the convention. For clarification, WrestleCon has an online Google document listed on the event’s official website with more information on AEW stars who will no longer be appearing at the event.

According to the document, Darby Allin’s appearance at WrestleCon was “cancelled” by the promotion. It also states, “Cancelled on 02/12/20 by AEW.” The same description was listed for Sammy Guevara, whose appearance was also cancelled on February 12.

As of now, Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, and Chris Jericho are all still listed for appearances at WrestleCon. Dave Meltzer was asked about the topic on today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, and he is unsure why AEW is pulling talent for the event but still allowing talents such as Jericho, Moxley, and Omega to remain scheduled for their WrestleCon signing events.

As noted, WrestleCon posted the following tweet last December when asked if AEW talent will be appearing at this year’s show:

“I’ll share the answer that was given to us by AEW. Talent will be permitted to do autos/photo ops, but will NOT be allowed to wrestle (even the non exclusive talents). My guess is that some “top” guys won’t appear due to self-motivated reasons and are boycotting that weekend.”