Latest on Why AEW Wouldn’t Air Tribute Video From Jacques Rougeau at AEW Redemption

A new report has an update on the drama around Jacques Rougeau’s appearance at AEW Redemption and the video he made not being aired. As noted, Rougeau reportedly threw a “tantrum” backstage after AEW did not air a tribute video that he had put together for the Rougeau Wrestling Dynasty Celebration segment on the Buy In pre-show for Redemption. It had been reported that, among other things, the video had copyrighted footage AEW couldn’t use, and it also contained AI content.

Dave Meltzer provided more context around the situation on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio. He noted that things between Rougeau and AEW are okay now, but that it was a legitimate issue at the PPV. You can see highlights below:

On the Issue With the Video:

“Number one, there was AI content in the video, and Tony Khan is against AI content. So that’s one. Number two, it was too long. Number three, they did not have musical rights to the music that he had in the video. And number four, there was an issue with some of the footage, in particular the footage of Jacques pinning Hulk Hogan, because that was a WCW show, which means that WWE owned the rights to it, which means they couldn’t show it.”

On the Footage of Hogan:

“Of course Jacques wants his pin of Hulk Hogan to be out there, and, you know, it’s his big claim to fame locally, is that he convinced and paid Hulk Hogan a lot of money to let him pin Hulk Hogan in Montreal at the Bell Centre. So he wanted that out there, but they couldn’t air it, and he was unhappy. In the end, everything’s fine now, but it was absolutely an issue. Like I said, even building security was aware of it.

“Every one of those issues was a no. Even if there’s even one of them, I mean, they absolutely could not have put the Hulk Hogan pin. They absolutely could not have put that on. They knew they would get sued by WWE.”