There was a lot of hype behind Miro when he first joined AEW in 2020, but the situation is different nowadays as it’s 2022 and the former TNT Champion has only wrestled two matches this year.
Dave Meltzer addressed Miro’s status on Wrestling Observer Radio and he noted that Tony Khan presented plans to Miro, but Miro rejected them. He also noted that some former WWE stars are sometimes hesitant to do the job.
“In September, they came to him, Tony Khan came to Miro and he had this idea which would build to a match on the November 19 pay-per-view and [Miro] didn’t want to do it. It’s weird, a lot of people who come from WWE are very leery, obviously, Bryan Danielson being the exception, about doing jobs Then it becomes very difficult to book when you don’t really want to do programs where you are going to lose.”
Miro’s wife CJ Perry recently stated that she believes Rusev Day will return to WWE at some point, and Meltzer noted that Tony Khan may not be motivated to book Miro if he’s looking to part ways with AEW.
“Now November’s over and now we’re in the new cycle and they were going to bring him back and try to come up with ideas for him and they very well may. Then his wife comes in and says, ‘well you know, Rusev Day is going to come back, and everybody goes back to WWE.'”
“When people go like, ‘he’s not using this guy,’ it’s like, there’s reasons. If you’re going to play ball, that’s fine, and if you really don’t want to, if you’re just biding your time to go somewhere else then it should be different. That’s the basic situation.”
“If you are in AEW and you want to be gone, I think the one thing you should do is don’t go public and say it, or don’t have your family members go public and say it because then if I’m the promoter, I’ve got other guys I can push. So, I would say keep quiet if that’s your goal because saying it will probably just hurt the amount of TV time you get and rightfully so.”
Stay tuned for more updates on Miro’s AEW status as they become available.
