AEW Star Announces The End Of Popular Tag Team

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AEW star Mike Santana made his return to the company after missing over a year of action due to an injury suffered in last year’s Blood & Guts match.

Santana and Ortiz returned on the August 23 episode of Dynamite as the final two members of the Blackpool Combat Club’s team for Stadium Stampede at All In London.

Santana and Ortiz’s return came after a lot of rumours about issues between the two, with Proud-n-Powerful not having teamed in a regular tag team match since February 2022.

Now, it seems as if the pair is officially over, as AEW aired a vignette for Mike Santana on last night’s (September 8) episode of Rampage, where he said he has chosen to take a new road ‘on his own’.

He said:

“There comes a time in everyone’s life where you reach a fork in the road. When you get there, there’s decisions that need to me made in order to proceed in the right direction. Some roads are easy and lead to mediocrity and comfortability. Some roads come with new challenges and force you to grow.

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned through this process, it’s that you can’t depend on anyone to have the same passion or drive. Or hell, to even have your back the same way that you would. With that being said, the world has been asking all these questions. Now, the world is about to get all the answers. The road I’ve chosen to take is one that must be taken on my own. No crutch, no crew.

“All I’ve done my entire life is bet on myself. I’ll tell you this, I’m not here to be another guy in the game. I’m here to be the game. I know I’m gonna piss a lot of people off, but you ask me if I give a damn. I ain’t here to make friends. I’m here to make money. If you ain’t down, you’re gonna get run down. The nastiest is yet to come.”

The BCC’s team would end up losing in Stadium Stampede, when Orange Cassidy pinned Claudio Castagnoli to win for the Best Friends, Penta El Zero M and Eddie Kingston.

transcription via TJR Wrestling

“The nastiest is yet to come.”
– Mike Santana

Watch #AEWRampage on TNT!@Santana_Proud pic.twitter.com/l3QElTkYoZ

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 9, 2023

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