Brody King responds to the rumors.
On the January 27 episode of AEW Collision, FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) and Daniel Garcia beat House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) in an Escape The Cage Elimination Match. Some critics noted that the initial match graphic advertised the bout as an Elimination Trios Steel Cage Match.
On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the match and claimed that the stipulation was changed because someone in the House of Black complained about doing a job.
Brody King took to Twitter/X to respond to a tweet about the report and stated that the format and stipulation of the cage match was always what it was going to be. He wrote that it was not their fault that the wording on the graphic changed.
Funny how someone’s opinion just becomes fact because they’ve been watching wrestling a long time. The format and stipulation of the cage match was always what it was going to be. It’s not our fault the wording on the graphic changed. https://t.co/zGuNP61TxN
— Big Bad Brody King (@Brodyxking) January 29, 2024
King then responded to someone who wrote that Dax Harwood said "eliminate cage match" in a backstage promo. He noted that the promo was filmed live after a brawl, so Harwood may not have been perfectly composed.
Ah yes CLEARLY a pretape. That’s why they let bossier city, Idaho fly? The promo was filmed live after a brawl, please forgive Dax for not being perfectly composed while cutting it. Good try though bud. https://t.co/7PBUXAFc3V
— Big Bad Brody King (@Brodyxking) January 29, 2024
Additionally, AEW Wrestling Administration Coordinator Will Washington wrote that the wording change on the graphic was just for clarity. He stated that the match was absolutely escape rules when the first graphic dropped.
I usually don't comment on stuff like this, but before this idea spreads or gets out of hand, the wording change was just for clarity.
— Will Washington (@WillWashington) January 29, 2024
It was absolutely escape rules when the first match graphic dropped. https://t.co/3nubqqtQNL
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