Reality Check
Keepin' it 100
On Paul Heyman:
On AEW/WWE negotiations:
On a certain terrible, absentee father in AEW being pissed off:
Bonus: The rumored original idea for their debut
Gallows: It’s great to be a good charmer, but when you’re 100% full of bullshyt — we had this conversation in a rental car before we got on the phone with him. ‘All you ever read, all these guys that came before us, is that he’s a great charmer but the biggest bullshytter in the history of the business.’ We’re both going, ‘We hope he’s not bullshytting us.’ We have these big contracts, we’re rolling with AJ, you gotta think positive. To the end, he’s putting us over and telling us how good we are and ‘we’re gonna put the straps on you a month down the line, but you deserve them now, but you’re gonna go to Saudi and be the best tag team in the world. If you ever have a problem with creative or if I ever lie to you, go on social media and fukking bury me. fukking put me under the dirt because I fukking deserve it! I want those guys in the locker room to know that I can’t fukking be trusted!’ Guys in the locker room, he can’t fukking be trusted and I just buried him.
Karl Anderson: Getting that call, it didn’t feel good. It took me back to having these conversations with Triple H and he looks at me and goes, ‘Dude, I look at you and I see your kids. I think about, what if AEW doesn’t last? I can promise you one thing, WWE will always be here.’ We stopped being boss and employee at that point and we were, obviously not friends, but two humans talking. I’m not saying that Triple H could have stopped anything or even cared, but hearing that from your boss and then having it happen, it’s like damn, they don’t give a fukk. Trying to get to the bottom of it, because it did feel weird. Asking around, we heard ‘well, it was Paul Heyman inspired.’ ‘Really?’ We told AJ that. He asked somebody what they think of it. That person said ‘Yes......AJ went to Paul and said, ‘Did you fire these guys or put the word in?’ Paul said, ‘No, you have my word that I didn’t do this. If I would have known, I would have gone to bat for them.’ AJ went back to the same guy, asked again, and then went to Vince. AJ goes to Vince and said, ‘Tell me the truth, is Paul the one that said fire these guys?’ Vince told AJ, ‘They weren’t on my list, but yes, it was a Heyman thing.’
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On AEW/WWE negotiations:
Karl Anderson: We knew that AEW would be successful. We knew they would pop off. We just succumbed to the amount of money and promises, kept or unkept … but we signed because of the thought that this was going to be our last contract and we were ready to ride it out....I would say for a good six months we told the Bucks and Kenny we’re coming. We’re fukking coming. No matter what. Because we were that ready to go,” Anderson said when asked if their friends in AEW were unhappy with the decision. “There were some hard feelings, I think. Because I think people trusted the Bucks and they told other parties that we were coming, and then we didn’t come and it made them look like they couldn’t close the deal......Machine Gun music is gonna hit. I’m gonna come out. Gallows comes from behind. We walk to the ring. We too sweet The Young Bucks and Kenny. Turn around, everyone’s happy, and then we beat the fukk out of them,” he said while detailing the pitch. “It’s one of the biggest regrets of my life that that didn’t fukking happen. It kills me. Badly.
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On a certain terrible, absentee father in AEW being pissed off:
Karl Anderson: We have other friends in that company, we don’t have to drop a bunch of names. It’s not that kind of an interview, but it’s not hard to figure out. A friend who is in a high power position there and wrestler who was like, ‘what the fukk, guys?’ I think that he’s still a little offended by it and my answer to him, if he ever hears this or reads the transcript, was none of this was ever personal. We appreciated the offer and everything everyone was trying to do for us.
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Bonus: The rumored original idea for their debut
The original plan was for Gallows and Anderson to attack then-Impact World Champion Tessa Blanchard in the main event of Slammiversary. It was apparently Gallows and Anderson's idea, as they felt it would generate major heat right off the bat. Obviously with Blanchard being released, everything has changed.
Exclusive News On Original Plans For Luke Gallows And Karl Anderson At Slammiversary, Their Deals - Wrestling Inc.