AEW's Sammy Guevara Comments On Confrontation With Eddie Kingston
Spanish God weighs in on backstage encounter that led to Eddie's suspension.
The saga that is Eddie Kingston's AEW suspension has gotten a lot of attention since being revealed recently, including published comments from the Mad King himself where he said he was "wrong for being unprofessional" in a backstage dustup.
Now, the subject of that confrontation, Sammy Guevara, has issued his own statement on the situation, as reported by Fightful Select. The Spanish God gave his take on the situation that led to Kingston's suspension and their planned All Out match being scrubbed.
"As a professional you communicate things that you don’t want to be said ... and I did communicate of what I didn’t want to be said in this angle and Eddie didn’t. But Eddie did not do the same and Eddie did not mention to me or the coaches or TK or anyone in AEW what he didn’t want said.
So after Tay’s and my match with Sky Blue and Dante I cut a promo on Eddie insulting Eddie and the fans as a heel. ... I see what people say online about Eddie and his appearance. (Which anyone who legitimately shames Eddie for how he looks can go to hell, it’s the same people who shame me for being too small) so Sammy Guevara the character I could be the physical person playing that person that Eddie can shut up at All Out.
But Eddie did not do the professional thing and communicate to me, which if he did I never would have said it cause the last thing I want to do is hurt someone for real.
So after the promo I get to the back and Eddie is flipping out yelling “YOU CANT CALL ME FAT” over and over as I’m trying to walk down the stairs in gorilla making a big scene. People get in between us, Eddie tries to pie face me and he more like touches my face, it was weird ... It was unfortunate cause this promo was on a taped show and easily could have been edited (which they ended up doing anyways) i know this isn’t Eddie’s first time being aggressive and getting out of control backstage. I know he had to do some kind of anger management after this whole thing. This whole thing was very unnecessary but it Is what it is, Live & learn I guess, onto the next we go."
It's debatable whether Sammy's statement makes things better or worse. He acknowledged that there was no malicious intent, but he then goes on to talk about Eddie having "anger management" issues. Regardless, the drama surrounding a taped promo that never aired and a scrapped grudge match is bigger than the actual feud itself right now.