Why Tony Khan Ended Sammy Guevara's AEW Suspension
Guevara's 30 days in purgatory ended this week. Here's why.
AEW President Tony Khan was interviewed by Sports Illustrated on Thursday, touching on a number of topics relevant to the promotion - including his decision to bring Sammy Guevara back to television after serving a 30-day suspension.
'The Spanish God' appeared at the end of this week's Dynamite. This was his first appearance since being sidelined after old comments of him making a tasteless joke about WWE's Sasha Banks resurfaced on Twitter, with AEW donating his pay to a Jacksonville women's group and sending Guevara to sensitivity training during his time away.
"I meant what I said about re-evaluating his status with the company based on his conduct," Khan said. "Sammy needed to make a lot of strides to keep his job and make amends for stuff he shouldn’t have said. None of us knew he said those things, and it’s stuff that was years old, but that doesn’t make it right.'
'Big Bicep Tony' added that Guevara went through four weeks of "extensive sensitivity training" on "matters of tolerance, gender, race relations, and why people's words matter." Sammy was apparently "very contrite" during his period and Khan believes he used the time to become a better person.
In closing, Khan said that he brought Guevara back because "he has shown that he is very sorry and he can change," adding that he has "turned a terrible comment into something positive."