On the November 2nd episode of AEW Dynamite, Colt Cabana answered Chris Jericho’s open challenge to any former ROH champion. This was Cabana’s first appearance on AEW television since an episode of AEW Dark on March 8th. Rumors swirled that Cabana had been moved to the Ring of Honor roster at the request of CM Punk. Cabana addressed those rumors, and his match with Jericho, in a recent podcast appearance.
Speaking with The Work of Wrestling podcast, Cabana shed some light on his contract status with AEW. He also spoke about how his match with Jericho came to be. Cabana said, “I have a contract with AEW, I get paid regardless: my contract is with AEW. I’ve been told that I’m going to be used for Ring of Honor. That’s kind of it. There hasn’t been a lot of contact, but I do know that I collect a check and it comes from All Elite Wrestling.”
When Cabana was asked about how his return to AEW television came to pass, and whether he spoke to AEW President Tony Khan, Cabana replied, “I never talked to Tony until I was in Gorilla (position), so it wasn’t a call from Tony Khan. The travel [coordinator] called me up and said, ‘You’re needed for Baltimore, Maryland.’ I assumed it was to wrestle Chris Jericho. I think the travel told me, ‘Chris Jericho is requesting your presence in Baltimore.’ So, I wrestled Chris. I’m under contract, they tell me to show up, I showed up. They tell me who I’m wrestling, I wrestle. If they want me to wrestle again, I’ll wrestle again. if they want me to agent again, I’ll agent again, whatever.”
Cabana has not been seen on AEW television since that match on November 2nd. He did offer additional comments, including about how he nearly died in the match thanks to compression socks.
