Brian Pillman Jr. and MLW Exec Comment On Pillman’s AEW: Dark Appearance

Brian Pillman Jr. appeared on AEW Dark tonight. He is still under contract with Major League Wrestling. Many are questioning how this works?

MLW COO, Jared St. Laurent explained the situation as follows in a statement to POST Wrestling:

“Brian is not released and is fully aware of our schedule, which includes events October 3rd and December 5th pending the state of the pandemic. We put the health of our talent/staff and their family and our fans before bookings, which is why we are not running at the moment. We’ve been in contact with Brian to relay this. If he elects to perform elsewhere under the terms of his deal, he certainly has our full blessing to do so.”

It sounds like St. Laurent has given him his blessing, but not without what looks to be taking a shot at companies who are holding shows. However, this may be in response to Pillman’s comments earlier.

Pillman also talked about working the event with WrestleTalk this week. His comment on working Dark was:

“It was sort of a two-day booking event. They did two days of work and that gives guys a week of physical rest and it reduces the risk of transmitting the virus. It was a very refreshing experience to be a part of a company that puts the safety and health of its employees at the absolute pinnacle of importance. I don’t think there was anything more important at the show when it comes to the time cues and the matches. Everything was important, everything was very professional, but the most important, most stressed thing is the health and safety of the performers. You have training rooms for injuries to be dealt with. You have doctors on site for testing from the ring crew to the COO of the company. Everyone’s taking the same COVID test in and out. So it’s a very safe environment to be protected in”

Based on Pillman’s comments, you can see why the MLW exec might feel like Pillman was commenting on MLW. However, it very well may have been Pillman was just trying to be very complimentary of AEW and not as a shot at MLW.

You can watch the full interview with Brian Pillman Jr. here.

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