Jim Ross reacts to Ace Steel’s AEW release - Cageside Seats

Ace Steel was reportedly released by AEW earlier this week. His firing seemed inevitable aft accounts from the backstage brawl astatine All Out betwixt CM Punk, Steel, and The Elite included Steel throwing a chair astatine the Young Bucks and biting Kenny Omega.

In the latest occurrence of his Grilling JR podcast, AEW commentator Jim Ross reacted to the quality of Ace’s release:

“He’s a astute guy. He has a batch of merchandise knowledge. Solid hand. And I thought helium did a bully job. But I didn’t enactment with him straight a lot. I’d spot him astatine TV, and helium was ever affable and approachable.”

“I’m atrocious to perceive that. I thought helium was a bully manus and did a bully occupation there. But you know, things person a mode of moving out. You ne'er accidental never. But I ever thought helium did a bully occupation for us. I cognize helium was precise loyal to CM Punk. Nothing incorrect with that, they were buddies. And I’m assuming that CM Punk’s the feline that got Ace Steel his job. That would beryllium my guess...seems logical.”

“I don’t cognize wherever each that’s going. I hatred to spot anybody suffer a job, and suffer a paycheck. That’s the deal. While helium was there, helium seemed to beryllium a viable asset, but again, I didn’t enactment with him directly. I didn’t person immoderate issues, pro oregon con, with him. But the bottommost enactment is, different feline mislaid a job. And that’s what’s regrettable.”

“He’s got skills...I would deliberation that if he’s fixed a just shingle wrong the scenery of wrestling successful general, he’ll find immoderate work. Smart guy. We’ll spot however it works retired for him. I anticipation it works retired well. And I regret that anybody, anyplace successful wrestling, loses his job.”

Steel’s merchandise was the archetypal large domino to autumn since the commencement of AEW’s investigation into the backstage combat astatine All Out. What bash you deliberation volition hap adjacent successful this story, Cagesiders?