RevPro’s Andy Quildan on pulling Leon Slater match from MyAEW feed: ‘Maybe we did the wrong thing’ – POST Wrestling

Among the numerous headlines from RevPro’s massive 14th anniversary show last month, one was, unfortunately, tied to industry drama.

Those who watched the prominent BritWres brand’s London event via MyAEW PPV noticed that one match didn’t air on the feed: TNA Wrestling’s Leon Slater facing fellow UK star Liam Slater.

Initially, many wondered whether the match not airing on MyAEW was a decision made by TNA, who has pulled their talent from matchups involving AEW wrestlers in the past. But, in the days that followed, it came out that RevPro owner Andy Quildan was actually the one who made the move not to put the match on the service.

Quildan initially explained to F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer that he wanted to avoid any issues that could come from putting a TNA talent on an AEW service. He also stressed that the decision came without any influence from either company.

In a recent interview with POST Wrestling, RevPro’s Quildan was asked if he will continue to black out appearances from TNA stars when they present shows on MyAEW going forward. Still reflecting on the decision, Quildan was undecided.

“I’m not sure, to be honest,” he said. “I was trying to make everyone’s life as easy as possible. My role, as an independent wrestling promoter, has always been to get the match in the ring to try and have foresight. You try to envision every single problem that could occur before it becomes a problem. And the last thing we want is for anything to become an issue on the day, or post-show, or anything like that. And it’s crazy; with the benefit of hindsight, maybe we did the wrong thing, because that almost created more attention on the situation. I think, as we do with everything, we have to learn, we have to evolve, we have to adapt and move forward.”

He continued:

“I don’t want to be involved in any wrestling politics. I always say, we are open to do good business with anyone. I know in business it’s almost impossible, especially when there’s so much tribalism that goes around, but I want to be on the good side of everyone. And I want everyone to know that when they do business with us, we will do good business and we will try and do best by the company, and I don’t want anything to be received as, we’re trying to sneak people into places.”

As a way to make up for the blackout, RevPro has uploaded Slater’s match onto Youtube for free.

In regard to RevPro’s future on MyAEW, Quildan noted that he plans to be selective about which shows could be sold as PPVs on the service. He explained that some of the venues they run don’t have a reliable internet connection, and that he wouldn’t want to sell PPVs for shows where a feed might struggle to stay on air.

POST’s full hour-long discussion with Quildan can be watched here.