Kevin Kelly has been reportedly let go by All Elite Wrestling.
PWTorch reports that Kelly has been let go from the promotion according to sources. The report also states that the apparent reason for Kelly's firing relates to his recent social media outburst towards Ian Riccaboni and his usage in AEW last week.
When you go out of your way to intentionally mischaracterize my raising awareness of the global horrors of child trafficking to a fringe conspiracy theory that everyone knows is bullshit in order to hurt my career and standing in the industry, that at the very least is libelous
— Kevin Kelly (@realkevinkelly) March 2, 2024
On March 7th, Kelly would be removed from the AEW roster page, sparking speculation that he had left the promotion. Upon the tapings of AEW Collision later that night, it was noted that Kelly was not present at the announce desk, with Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness forming a two man booth for the show.
Tony Schiavone and Nigel McGuinness were the AEW Collision announce team at the tapings tonight
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) March 8, 2024
Kelly has been a member of the AEW Collision announce team since the shows inception, calling the first ever episode of the show after spending years on the call as part of the New Japan Pro Wrestling English announce team. Tony Schiavone would later be added to the desk and take over lead play-by-play for Collision, which was seen as a response to Kelly's subpar performances.
Kelly recently stated in an interview that Nigel McGuiness finds new ways to outdo himself every week. You can read more about that here.
