Jim Cornette on William Regal's Rumored Comments About AEW 

"Maturity issue in management" sounds like a different way of saying "I work with children." 😂

“Very much a maturity issue within management.” - William Regal “I’m hurt and I’m sorry old, and I’m f*ckin tired, and I work with f*ckin children.” - CM Punk Anyone else starting to see a pattern here? 😂😂😂

Are we shocked? Look how the Elites acted in their return match- they totally proved what Punk said about them.

Not sure what the comments are yet, but I imagine a lot of super marks are gonna be calling Regal a locker room cancer.

CM Punk is laughing saying I told you idiots so . He's popping open a Pepsi can and just watch it all burn down while laughing

I feel so bad for JR. How he hasn't left yet is astonishing, especially considering the stupid backlash he's gotten for either mispronouncing a wrestler's name or rightfully calling out stupid spots that make no sense. He has so little energy on commentary, it's sad and the man truly deserves better.

Punk might be brash but he's usually right. The fact that Cody left a company he literally founded to go back to the old competition was the biggest loss they could ever take. We'll see in due time

Imagine getting someone like Regal and allowing your indie-riffic jerk off talent to ignore him. AEW is going to fail, and it won’t just be Tony’s bad booking that kills it. It will be the Elite and their ilk, just like Corny called it from day one.

I saw a video where it was Billy Gunn legit saying, with all of the notable people in the AEW locker room, little to nobody asks for advice.

The sad part is, the “Fall Of AEW” WWE network special, is going to be way more entertaining than anything AEW will ever do.

Aew fans denying it when a bunch of vets have said the same shit LMFAOOO

Week by week we learn CM Punk was telling the whole truth. But people refused to believe him because he's a "difficult" guy. The thing I learned about Punk is despite his history of having a moody cloud always over him, he's never been called a liar and call out bull crap.

I was really excited when Regal came to AEW. Here's one of the best wrestlers never to be a world champ, decades of knowledge and experience in the business. Just to be rebuffed by young talent. It sucks to see him leave, because I really loved what he did on commentary, but I don't think anyone can blame him for wanting to go back to WWE.

AEW has had some of the most brilliant minds of wrestling on their payroll and they squandered pretty much all of it. If these wrestlers actually listened and took the advice of these veterans and legends, maybe it wouldn't be yet another mediocre indy promotion. It's a shame because I really wanted AEW to be great.

Sounds like they couldn't manage a target

This is what drives me nuts about AEW. You know there's no shortage of people there who feel that way, and want change, but aside from Punk, nobody has ever had the balls to say anything. I mean when Punk did what he did, whether you agree with how he went about it or not, there was never gonna be a better time for others to speak up, but instead they all ran and hid in the corner while their biggest ally was being shredded by the media, and pushed out of the company.

So let me get this straight. AEW has JR, Regal, Arn and Jarrett and they can’t or aren’t booking. They have or had Punk, Joe, Danielson, Rhodes, MJF, Moxley, Lethal, FTW, The GUNN Club, The Acclaimed, Starks, Hobbs, Sting, Allen, Hook, Wardlow, Lee, Cole, Cage and Jericho and they can’t grow their fan base. In the words of Corny WTF.

I'm sure Twinkletoes, the Hardly Boys, Uncle Dave, and the rest of the marks will have some sort of nonsense to chant at the next taping

Regal was just in AEW getting a nice check while Triple H was getting his new office ready for his return

The funny thing about all of this, it makes punk look like he was right. You can love him or hate him. Aew has always had problems. Punk was the one who had the balls to speak on them.

Considering AEW has one wrestler who has publicly stated that they don’t take advice, are we really surprised that he’s allegedly been shocked by the immaturity and arrogance of the roster? Regal’s swift departure says more about how AEW is run than anything else

What's also funny to me is the guys who actually do listen and do take advice, usually end up getting misused or just straight buried.

How did AEW take such a nosedive in morale in the last six months?! DAMN!!!

CM Punk and Jim are being proven more and more right every week and I love to see it😂

AEW was delivered immense star power on a silver platter and they've continually squandered it.

As time passes, punk would be proved right in every aspect. Every veteran have said this about aew management and lockeroom. Billy gun, arn Anderson,JR, dax, punk & now regal all have said this.

So basically cm punk was right about everything. oh how funny that is.

AEW = A high school cafeteria food fight by Talent and Management of all ages.

On his podcast Regal gave a vague warning to people who 'think that they're in charge and untouchable' and that was months ago, pretty clear he was addressing the Bucks and Omega.

Can we just sit and imagine the bucks and friends rejecting a legend like Regal’s advice but asking if he’d be a feature on their RU-vid show 😂😂

Triple H knew exactly what he was doing when he posted that photo of Regal before WarGames

The AEW roster, their management, and their fans are the living embodiment of "OK boomer."

Watched one of my friends argue with someone this weekend and they categorized everything Jim and Bryan have the jump on as total happenstance as opposed to y’all being in the business. The fandom is embarrassingly dense so I could only imagine how the internal structure is .

Tony Khan is just managing his fantasy Wrestling league.

The eventual Fall of AEW documentary will be really entertaining.

The death knell of AEW is really happening before our eyes: Claudio will go back Mjf and wardlow will go Hilarious that this billionaire is listening to the hardley boys… Tna In 2022

I would like to hear what regal had to say about working there

William Regal never wanted to be a manager of a faction or a Paul hey man type in aew. He had a good relationship with triple h and was very content in his position as talent scout and general manager on nxt.

Who would have guessed that a locker room is reflecting the same problem that management has in a wrestling company.

Seems like since Punk's scrum, others have seen the truth and the writing on the wall. Pro Wrestling cannot work with just friends, Trampoline Cowboys and Wrestlers being EVPs so they make sure they go over. It's a business. One in which you have to give back and do what's best for business. Congrats AEW on running off some of the best wrestling minds that had so much to offer. I can only hope they right the ship. Push MJF to the Moon and when Adam Cole gets healthy push him!!

Van Halen Why Can't This Be Love has the line "only time will tell if we stand the the time"

aew the only company who peaked on their first episode lmfao

Jim’s refusal to call mega by her name and keeps calling her Megan is one of the best reoccurring gags on the show

Just came through Rampage had the lowest ratings in history...its going great

Brian has said this and it is very true. AEW is just entertainment for Mr. Kahn. He does not care if anyone else likes it or not. Anyone that tries to advise Tony on how to make AEW enjoyable for others is talking to a wall.

Right now, nothing is confirmed about what Regals reasoning is, but I have a pretty easy time visualizing his reaction to 5 people including the EVP's getting into a fight, the EVP's coming back from a 2 month paid vacation and mocking the situation on TV and PPV for the last 3 weeks while on their welcome back tour before they heroically win back their vanity titles that were created specifically as a way for them to celebrate themselves.

AEW is turning out to be exactly how punk said it would be

I just read that William Regal and got out of his aew contract and is now negotiating with WWE. Tony Tony you are now such a mark in my eyes.

The fact that he feels his coaching/advice was unappreciated at AEW doesn't come as a shock since many on their roster feel like they know it all and have learned all there is therefore dont feel the need to listen to anyone, let alone any veterans of the business who work in that company. It's absolutely ludicrous most of them dont listen or want to learn from the veterans. You would think they'd appreciate getting the opportunity to work with the men who paved the way and take any and all advice/constructive criticism so they can improve on their craft. Sad!

It's absolute sheer insanity at this point that Tony Khan had a full deck and then some but decides that he's not going to listen to people nor the people within his organization that ought to matter. I think Tony Khan is in massive trouble and honestly has no idea what to do at this point. Instead, he's just going to go back to the indy days because he probably a comment or two on reddit that said something to the effect of, "oh, i liked it better at AEW's start." etc. It's one thing if the fans themselves decide that they can't stand a promotion but when the talent are the ones that want to return, that's pretty bad. i've been at companies where you have kids that refuse to listen to veterans and those companies have tons of energy and enthusiasm. Then you get these kids who work all night and on the weekend too for what purpose? You don't make a cent more for all that effort. Most times you don't even get a pat on the back. However, you set a bad precedent for more experienced people coming in that know better and are forced to "elevate" themselves to these people's workrate rather than calm people down and go, "One day, you're going to hit middle age and all that stuff you're doing to your body is going to hit you hard." And the sad part is that these veterans are trying to legitimately help these kids. IMO, I think what will happen is that there's going to be a few people that Regal has scouted out, determined how long their contracts are and probably won't re-sign with AEW once they're done and they'll get a nice handshake by Regal once he returns and gets set back up. A guy like Adam Page should go to NXT's developmental just because he does have some talent but it's unrefined. But if he has that attitude where he publicly denounces his willingness to listen, why would the biggest promotion ever want to take him? He just shot himself in the foot. Or what if Tony Khan finally goes ballistic or his father does in terms of how much money they're spending and AEW closes down? All these people who have attitude issues aren't going to be picked up because they've lost one of WWE's biggest talent scouts. I just don't understand how and why Tony Khan would allow something like this to happen in the first place. Why did he sign Regal up at all with that type of contract? And even if he didn't sign Regal up with that "special clause" (allegedly), what kind of plans did he have for him? Was it just to get him to say he had Regal at some point like a toy collector? Did he think Regal could wrestle again? Was he just going to be used as an on air talent rather than a key mentor as well as a talent scout? It doesn't make sense. Again, all this points to Tony Khan is a rotten business man and he's a terrible manager. He might be a nice guy but there's that saying about guys and finishing.

It's like playing cards with my goddamn kids!

Sounds like Punk was on to something with the “I work with children” line ain’t that some shit, punk may not go about every situation the way it should go but he’s never been found to be a liar all I’m saying

Ignorance is one thing but ignorance with arrogance added is contemptible!

These people aren't number 1 at anything!! -CM PUNK

“The talent doesn’t listen to the veterans”. Who would’ve guessed.

Regal hasn’t forgotten more about wrestling than TK, Olivier and Douche Bucks will ever know…..

Nearly every WWE guy who ended up there is likely regretting it. It sucks for all the guys who got kicked out by Vince in those last purges, I REALLY feel bad. Imagine thinking things are gonna be better and you end up with an even more deranged version of Vince.

This is like a movie repeating itself. In 2000 it was WCW, in 2010 it was TNA/Impact, and now in 2022 it’s AEW. The grass is not always greener on the other side. Just because something seems like a breath of fresh air and there’s more money, with a lighter schedule doesn’t mean everything will be great. Who’s the promoter, who’s the booker, who’s in charge in management? Questions that don’t come up.

If they had actually made a proper place for him. He could've scouted for AEW, he could have helped with booking, he could have helped the talent who actually would receive that help. He could have made that product so much better.

Jim Ross, Dustin Rhodes, to some extent Cody Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, Dean Malenko, CM Punk, and now Regal… makes you think maybe, jussst maybe… CM PUNK WAS RIGHT!! And he might not publicly admit it, but I’m convinced that AEW’s structure, or lack there off, was a part of why Cody left. When he left, the shoe went off the rails.

Time is proving that punk was right

If they don't find a way to keep Punk, it will go down as the single biggest F up in wrestling history. Losing Regal is bad enough; like how do you even let that happen? Losing Punk is on a whole 'nother level.

His LORDSHIP felt 're WCW shenanigans about to HAPPEN....

But did we really think Regal would put up with the shenanigans for long?

It's a weird thing because guys like Regal they all rave about him and his work and then when he tries to give them advice and mentorship they are like he doesn't know what he's talking about. It's nuts.

There should be an omnibus with every Jim and Brian prediction that came out to be true. It would be a good few hours long

The way the phrase is worded you can tell Regal definitely said this. I even read it in his accent

This comment can be interpreted a bunch of different ways. The first one I thought was Tony not wanting help and thinking he knows best but the more I think about I think it will probably have a lot to do with the constant shots they take at the competition which is not Regals style at all. Also how they handled things like the scum etc

This doesn't surprise me, when JR gave very obvious criticism about the guys just standing around waiting for the other guy to dive, a bunch of them went after JR on Twitter too. I assume Tony told them not to do it anymore, to keep their imagine of a happy go lucky company.

Maturity issue in management “I work with children” SOUNDS AWFULLY SIMILAR

I gave up on AEW after the way the media scrum fight was handled. They couldn’t figure out a way to sit everyone down, and go make money off of it? It’s a business.

Leo Sayer -OMG. You make me feel like dancing

Punk did say he work with a bunch of children 😂😂😂😂

I know why regal is going back. He has always been a worker that cares about young talent. With him back at WWE he can help the mjfs and the Gunn's and others when their contracts are up. He will be there for those lads one way or another.

As an E-Fed kid back in the mid to late 90’s who also ran my own for a while, I feel like I’m in surreal land hearing Jim Cornette talk in any way about E-Feds.

Cody leaving was a major red flag. Clearly he saw the writing on the wall and got out of there before it went under.

"There's very much a maturity issue here." = "I work with children."

It SCARES me how Jim Cornette and Brian Last manage to get these "predictions" RIGHT.

The video game concept was not a bad idea, although in the past the studio would come to someone with the game first waiting to get a license. No mercy was a very popular engine so building a game like it was a great idea, but omega should have had very limited input

1:44 it's from Van Halen's "Why Can't This Be Love", sang by none other than Sami Hagar at the time

Remember everyone it doesn’t hurt to advice from the veterans

I just hope that the EVPs keep running people away until there’s nobody left to blame but them. Hopefully, they’re exposed before it’s too late for AEW and they can learn from this whole saga.

Welp. Regal going back to WWE will be the beginning of the end for AEW. Punk was the first major domino and now Regal. Makes sense that Tony Khan would listen to the "Elite" over respected minds like Punk and ESPECIALLY Regal.

This news doesn't sound very far fetched. Kiddos acting a fool and grown Men smiling and nodding just to get along.

🎵 I feel like dancin whoo! Dancin whoo! Dance the night away!🎵

CM Punk was right ladies and gents

Tony is the booker, but there’s a AEW booking committee, comprised of Omega, Young Bucks and Jericho. If you aren’t in the good graces of those four, you’re not gonna make it far. MJF is the only exception.

BTW and Matt Hardy was quick to like EC3's comment about what Regal apparently had said (maturity in management).

Aew is turning into the jaguars of wrestling 😅😅

I was watching one of the news channels and Brian Pillman jnr said that it's not ENTIRELY true that nobody listened and saw Regal as old fashioned and out of touch. I wonder how Meltzer will try to spin that. Will be fun finding out 😂

And why are we surprised that most of them are not listening.

This statement coming out the week The Elite are on TV doing the GTS and referencing Punk's botched Buckshot Lariat is hilarious. Omega and the Bucks might just be spiteful man-children.

I think AEW should bring back the leg less guy and also sign David Arquette.

In an alternate universe MJF, CM Punk and FTR would be EVPs of AEW Instead of Harpo and Balding Bucks.

This comment lines RIGHT UP WITH PUNKS COMMETS

Man, the 12th season of Dark Side of the Ring is gonna be interesting af

AEW constantly leaves MJF to make chicken salad with chicken sh*t. Don’t act surprised when he wants to go to the big leagues

I suspect this was in Regal's contract where he could opt out if WWE made him a bigger offer.

The polite way of saying "I work with children"

"He's too valuable not to be in a developmental system". That never stopped Rip Rogers, Dr. Tom, Jerry Lawler or Fit Finley.