Brett Lauderdale Doesn’t Know AEW’s Policy For Talent Working Indie Shows

GCW owner Brett Lauderdale says that he’s in the dark as to what AEW’s policy is regarding talent working indie shows. AEW stars used to appear with regularity on GCW shows, but that has slowed down since Jon Moxley signed a new contract with AEW. Lauderdale said in an interview on The Business of the Business that he’s not certain what AEW’s official policy is.

“As far as AEW talent goes, and AEW’s policy, I still to this day don’t know what it is,” Lauderdale said (per Fightful). “It seems to be ever changing, but also it never changes. So I think everybody’s still literally on a case-by-case basis. There are certain talent in AEW that can kind of call their shots and do what they want, and there are others that aren’t in a position to do that. I guess some people have to ask for permission, some people don’t, some people are supposed to but don’t, and then do it anyways. I don’t know. The policy…I just don’t know.”

He continued, “Nobody from AEW has ever said anything to me. So it’s the same deal for us. We know what we hear, but we hear something one day, and then the next day it’s another deal. So I really don’t know and I can’t speak on that because everybody that’s tried to speak on this in the past has been wrong. I know that DEFY has a certain special relationship with AEW, and there’s reasons behind that. But I do know, it does seem like there’s been a slight tempering down in the number of AEW talent out there, but then at the same time, I’m seeing new guys making the rounds, big names. So again, who knows? I don’t know what the deal is.”

Listen to “Episode 152 – Brett Lauderdale of Game Changer Wrestling” on Spreaker.