AEW Cancelled Plans For Gangrel To Appear On Dynamite Because Of Edge’s Brood Entrance At SummerSlam

Last week on Friday Night SmackDown Edge teased the return of The Brood gimmick when he hit Seth Rollins with a Brood Bath. Prior to his match with Rollins at SummerSlam the Rated R Superstar brought back the classic Brood entrance complete with The Brood’s music, and it got quite the reaction out of the fans.

Former Brood leader Gangrel discussed the entrance on his Fangin N Bangin podcast and he noted that AEW actually had plans for him to appear on Dynamite, but they were cancelled due to all the publicity Edge got for his Brood entrance.

“I was supposed to be on a plane to Milwaukee. (Monday), I get a return phone call saying, ‘Oh man, we’re so sorry, we’re going in a different direction because WWE media stuff.’ That entrance, everything Edge did was fucking great. The reason I wasn’t so excited about it is because I knew, I was offered another great opportunity and the timing sucked. AEW contacted me and they wanted me to come in and do Dynamite. They were putting the entrance together, they were going to do the fire, they were putting the music together and getting it all together. The same time I was trending and really happy for Edge on the inside, I was super worried like, ‘Please don’t let this ruin things.’ I called people and they were like, ‘I wouldn’t worry about it.’ When SummerSlam hit, I knew it was the final nail in the coffin. It was cool because I never knew what the Gangrel-Brood entrance would look like in 2021. It was tremendously done. When I got the phone call that they were going to go in a different direction, it’s not their fault, it’s just timing. I think it was Tony’s (Khan) idea to bring me in.”

Gangrel went on to say that he talked to Edge on the phone, and he explained the weird timing issues that led to AEW cancelling his appearance.

“Yesterday, I call Adam (Edge). He was like, ‘Did you see it? I was so happy and honored to pay tribute. You work so hard and the Brood was a cool time in my life. I hope this helps you get more money out of bookings and move some merch.’ He was so happy, I didn’t know what to say. I go, ‘Yeah, it kinda cost me.’ ‘What do you mean buddy?’ ‘That other company over there, AEW, they were getting ready to do a thing.’ I was getting ready to do my entrance again, not Edge, me. I didn’t tell him that. He got so quiet for what felt like an eternity. He goes, ‘Man, I’m so sorry. If you had told me.’ I didn’t know, I just got booked. It felt like he was gonna cry. I did tell him how pumped I was he was doing the entrance. He felt so bad. He sent me pictures of his daughter with the jacket. I was like, ‘It’s cool man. It was fucking awesome. I loved seeing you do that.’ It was a weird timing thing. He told me he was working on it for two and a a half months. He said, ‘You don’t know how hard it was to get the blood bath thing because of the PG situation.’ He wanted the red and the blood. It really came down to, if it wasn’t black, it wasn’t happening. It wasn’t an idea overnight for him. He planned it. It was a big deal for him.”

H/T Fightful