What happened to Brian Kendrick's AEW debut on this week's edition of Dynamite?
As reported prior to the show on Wednesday night at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, the former WWE Superstar was scheduled to square off against Jon Moxley in his in-ring debut for the promotion.
When the show began, however, it was Wheeler Yuta who emerged from the locker room to face off against Mox in the opening match of the night.
So, what happened?
Tony Khan took to social media just over an hour before the show kicked off on TBS and revealed that Kendrick was being pulled due to "abhorrent and offensive comments" that he made in public in the past.
The boss-man of All Elite Wrestling wrote the following via his official Twitter page to announce that Kendrick was pulled from his advertised bout soon-after he learned of the controversial and anti-semitic comments made by the pro wrestling veteran.
"We’ve been made aware of abhorrent [and] offensive comments made in the past by Brian Kendrick," Khan stated. "There’s no room in AEW for the views expressed by Brian."
Khan added, "We think it’s best for all that Brian be pulled from tonight’s card as we gather more info. We’ll announce a replacement bout ASAP."
Check out the tweet from Tony Khan via the post embedded below courtesy of his official Twitter page. Also below are some videos and quotes that show the controversial comments that Brian Kendrick made in the past that led to the AEW President making the call to pull him off the show.
Brian Kendrick is a sandy hook truther and has VERY questionable conspiracy theories about the Holocaust so I’m not appreciating all the twerking for bookings for him I’m seeing on the TL right about now cause he’s genuinely unhinged https://t.co/T3lqqXOWCr
— Tom (@TJN177) February 2, 2022
That 2011 Brian Kendrick clip is even WORSE in context: It’s part of a section w/ the title card “Who or what are the repitlians?” and makes it very clear that he thinks that, as explained to him by David Icke, “Zionists,” “Jewish medics,” & “the Rothschilds” are The Reptilians. pic.twitter.com/xoxzh2NrS0
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) February 2, 2022
I knew Brian Kendrick was into conspiracy theory nonsense, but until it got brought up last night, I had no idea that, at least as of late 2013, he had drifted all the way into Holocaust denial?!?!? https://t.co/0RfitLn5yF pic.twitter.com/jq1YPsNbXG
— David Bixenspan (@davidbix) February 2, 2022
We’ve been made aware of abhorrent & offensive comments made in the past by Brian Kendrick. There’s no room in AEW for the views expressed by Brian. We think it’s best for all that Brian be pulled from tonight’s card as we gather more info. We’ll announce a replacement bout ASAP.
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 2, 2022
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