Ex-AEW Star Deletes Posts Defending Scorpio Sky After He Speaks On Career 'Nosedive'

Former inaugural AEW World Tag Team and two-time TNT champion Scorpio Sky is facing uncertainty on where he stands in the company he joined during its initiation in 2019. As he jokingly stated in the beginning of his new "Creating Character" podcast with James Willems, he "used to be" a TV professional wrestler.

"Boy oh boy, my career has sure taken a nosedive hasn't it?" Sky chuckled. "Anyone that has followed me obviously knows that things have been a little different over the last couple of years."

Parallel to Ricky Starks (now "WWE NXT" star Ricky Saints), who departed the company earlier this year due to similar matters of not being used as often as he once was, Sky said he's healthy and ready to compete, but has not received the call on when he's supposed to come back. When his recent interview with Chris Van Vliet was mentioned, Sky said that he tried to be as diplomatic as possible so as not to burn bridges with AEW, but that his comments upset someone anyway, so he's no longer censoring himself.

"The reality is I don't know what it is," he said, speaking to his lack of use in AEW. "I don't know if there is bad blood or not. I know I'm healthy and I've been healthy for a long time and I've been wanting to compete. But it's just one of those things where — what can you do? You only have so much say."

After the interview aired, Sky's partner, ex-AEW star Alex Gracia, excoriated AEW's handling of events in a pair of now deleted X (formerly known as Twitter) posts.

"A situation where a contract is being held 'hostage' is unethical as it is being used as leverage to prevent the party from seeking work elsewhere." Gracia wrote. "To clarify – multiple times a release has been asked for and has been denied."

The last time Sky was featured on any AEW programming was on the August 16, 2024, episode of the now defunct "AEW Rampage," in a backstage segment with Private Party. He last wrestled for Tony Khan on an episode of "ROH on HonorClub" in October 2023.

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit "Creating Character Podcast" with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.