More Details On The Eddie Kingston and Sammy Guevara Incident That Led To Kingston’s Suspension

UPDATE: Fightful Select has more details on the altercation between Sammy Guevara and Eddie Kingston that led to Kingston’s suspension from the company.

According to the report, Kingston was mad that Guevara hadn’t talked with him or cleared the content of a promo that was eventually edited off a show. The two hadn’t talked since Blood and Guts, which had a spot where Kingston threw Guevara off a cage.

There were reportedly “pretty clear parameters” set for Guevara feuds in which wrestlers cannot mention his ex-fiancée, but that hasn’t come up or been pitched. However, in the promo that was taken off Dynamite, Guevara called Kingston a “fat piece of shit”. Kingston’s problem was that it buried the match, as he was set to beat Guevara at All Out and it makes them both look bad if a “fat piece of shit” were to win.

This came after Guevara was developing a reputation backstage for being hard to work with, after he previously worked with Sky, Page and Sonjay Dutt months before this. Kingston had actually requested to work with Guevara after the latter’s feud with Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page. It was said that not many people were trying to work with Guevara at the time.

After the promo, Kingston yelled at Guevara who smiled at him. It was then that Kingston pie-faced Guevara, who was unhappy with it. Kingston was then suspended for two weeks. While Kingston didn’t confirm this story, he said to Fightful in a brief statement: “I was wrong. That is all.”

Original: Several sources, including Dave Meltzer of and Fightful Select, report that Eddie Kingston was recently suspended from AEW following an altercation backstage with Sammy Guevara. Both state that the planned match between the two at AEW All Out is up in the air at this point, although it was noted that AEW is still promoting it on social media.

PWInsider noted that the incident happened several weeks ago during a Dynamite taping in Minneapolis, after a promo from Guevara. Fightful adds that Guevara made a comment about Kingston’ physique and appearance, which led to Kingston taking a swing at him. They were separated. Kingston was suspended several weeks ago and it has now ended, according to Meltzer. The expectation is that he will be back on the road starting next week. As a result of the suspension, at least one segment that had been planned to build their match was cancelled.

It’s unknown if Guevara was also suspended, but he taped a match for Rampage last night in Cleveland. He was not at the TV taping in West Virginia, but there were travel issues in and out of Charleston at the time.

Kingston told Meltzer that he sometimes does things he shouldn’t, apologized and said he owns what he did. He also gave a statement to PWInsider: “You know the truth. I wouldn’t lie. I was wrong for being unprofessional. That is the blind fact. He did what he did and the public can judge that but I know for a fact I was wrong.”