MVP refutes ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey AEW heat rumors

MVP is refuting claims that he has heat with “Speedball” Mike Bailey, instead calling Bailey “one of the nicest guys around.”

A report emerged over the summer claiming that MVP did not like Bailey and did not want The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) to lose to JetSpeed (Bailey & Kevin Knight). MVP and Bailey joked about the rumors at the time — and now MVP has directly addressed the situation on a new episode of his podcast.

“At no point did I ever say that I dislike ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey,” MVP said on Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze. “I don’t have an issue with Speedball. We work together, we see each other, we shake hands and we keep it moving. Like, there’s no issue there.

“I don’t have any problems with any of the talent that I work with at AEW. Mike Bailey is one of the nicest guys around. I don’t have a problem with him.”

MVP added that he does not believe there are any significant issues among any of the talent in the AEW locker room.

“And to be honest, as far as I know, amongst talent at AEW, I think everybody pretty much gets along amongst the talent,” MVP said. “I mean, yeah, you’re always going to have professional disagreements. And everybody’s, you know, jockeying for a position. Everybody wants to be the top guy. So, yeah, you’re going to have rifts and you’re going to have issues.

“But for the most part, I don’t know of anybody in the AEW locker room that has, like, legitimate beef with anybody.”

MVP manages The Hurt Syndicate in AEW along with still competing in the ring from time to time. He, Lashley & Benjamin became the new number one contenders to the AEW Trios titles by defeating Ricochet & The Gates of Agony at WrestleDream. The titles are currently held by Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata.