On a recent edition of the “Wrestling with Rip Rogers” podcast, former AEW producer Ace Steel reacted to the recent claim by Tully Blanchard that no AEW talent would approach him or Arn Anderson for advice.
Steel said, “Amazing. Amazing to me. You know what’s funny? Not that he’s going to remember, because I was a producer, I went right up to him when I got to know him face to face a little, same with Arn, I know Arn much better, but I just started talking to Tully about Harley [Harley Race] because I spent a lot of time with Harley. Many years. I’m always fascinated to hear about what Harley was like back in the day. I have a version of Harley that I know, but the Harley that walked into the dressing room in the 70s and 80s, I want to know about that Harley. Tully was like, ‘I never worked Harley, but I reffed a match of his with Dory [Dory Funk].’ 100% what Tully is saying. Nobody goes up to him. I’d go up to Arn and ask him…why wouldn’t I talk to Arn Anderson about producing a match? The dude produced for 20+ years after he retired. ‘Hey Arn, I got four minutes, what do I do here? I’m thinking this.’ You’d be ridiculous not to. That’s still my opinion. Higher learning. Why wouldn’t you just go and ask a question, because you’re too good? Piss on that.”
Steel had initially joined AEW in March 2022 following his WWE release in January of that year. He was fired following the backstage incident at AEW All Out 2022.
Steel was later brought back earlier this year following CM Punk’s return to AEW TV. He was released once again after AEW fired Punk this past September.
