Top Independent Talent Joey Ryan teased his signing with a major promotion yesterday when he announced his “farewell” indie tour.
Joey Ryan’s signing and contract status was discussed on Wrestling Observer Radio and Dave Meltzer explained that the only reason that WWE would want to sign him would be to “ice him.” He goes on to add that WWE would be signing him just so AEW wouldn’t have him, and that he would not be used on the main roster.
Meltzer said:
“I mean it’s AEW or WWE so, you know. He’s got a lot of bookings — did you see his schedule? He’s got like 20 — I didn’t count it up, but it looks like it’s 20 dates a month. I mean like he gets a lot of bookings.”
“I always hear about some of his bookings, but I didn’t realize how many dates this guy works.”
“The things with WWE is that WWE will pay people to take him off the board because they know he’s going to AEW. I mean that’s the one thing that’s going on there. I mean like I don’t know of them even contacting him for ten years and then like whatever it was last week they contacted him. They contacted him as soon as he got the Lucha Underground release with the idea that he’s being all over Being The Elite, but he’s not signed and everyone else on Being The Elite is signed. I mean I know they’re figuring he wouldn’t be all over that thing on AEW if those guys didn’t have ideas for him, but he’s not signed so now WWE can take a guy in the middle of those storylines.”
“I mean the impression I got was the offer wasn’t anything special. I mean they wouldn’t put him on the main roster, I can’t imagine that. I mean it would just to take him to ice him, that would be the only reason. To do that you’re going to have to make an offer on a certain level because you already know that AEW is going to make an offer on a certain level. I mean so, it’s interesting. I think the imaginations going on right now between AEW and WWE, it’s really interesting.”
You can see Joey Ryan’s tweet listing the dates and events that are part of his farewell tour below.
May
3 @BashatBonanza
4 @LuchaVaVOOM
5 @beyondwrestling
8 @BarWrestling
10 @PWRevolver
11 @RESPECTwomensW1
12 @NextGenTN
13 @CWFHollywood
16 @FISTCombatTV
17 @MCPWOnline
18 @PPWPower
19 @BizarroLucha
23 @JoeyRyanDoc
24 @StarrcastEvents/@HOODSLAM
25 @aiwrestling
26 @InspireProWres pic.twitter.com/NWbURzpP1g— Joey Ryan (@JoeyRyanOnline) April 29, 2019
We will keep you updated if we hear anything else about Joey Ryan’s contract status and where The King of Dong Style might be heading.
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(Thanks to our friends at Ringsidenews.com for the transcriptions.)
