Nixon Newell says there’s ‘no bad blood on either side’ following AEW Collision walkout
Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize have given their side of the story of what went down at the AEW Collision tapings.
Streaming on Twitch, the former WWE star and Alize addressed the situation, saying they cut their promo on last week’s Collision, then did their match with Megan Bayne and Marina Shafir. Newell denied that there was any disagreement with Bayne. Following this, they were given the idea they might be used on Wednesday for the Ring of Honor tapings. However, they were never used.
Newell said when they went to Collision, they were told after the doors opened that they would be wrestling TayJay, but would only be given three minutes. Newell felt that considering the promo they cut on last week’s show where they presented themselves as a credible tag team, no one was going to benefit from the match.
“We decided collectively as a partnership, a couple, as wrestlers independently, that three minutes isn’t going to benefit no one in this match,” Newell said.
They were then told that there were no problems and they were free to go home, with Newell specifically saying they were given the okay to go home. Newell said repeatedly throughout the stream that there was “no bad blood on either side.” Additionally, Newell was negative on “dirt sheet” coverage of the situation and said she “legit woke up to death threats” on Sunday morning.
“This is my last two years in wrestling and I want to have fun this last year,” she said. “It is what it is.”
It emerged late Saturday that the two walked out after refusing to lose to TayJay (Tay Melo & Anna Jay). Fightful, however, said it wasn’t a matter of losing but rather they were opposed to the amount of time they were given.
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