Subhojeet Mukherjee on October 2, 2025
Gail Kim has reached her breaking point after backlash over her comments about Riho, which sparked rumors that she was allegedly begging AEW for a job.
On a new episode of the Huge POP podcast, Kim shut down those rumors and directly accused a well-known wrestling journalist of lying about her. Kim started by explaining that she had heard a lot about Dave Meltzer over the years but never judged him without meeting him. What frustrated her the most was his star ratings system and the weight it carried with wrestlers.
“You know, I heard a lot of things about Dave Meltzer but I never met him so I didn’t want to judge. The one thing that always bothered me about him in general is, like, wrestling is subjective and you can have a favorite wrestler or who you think is the GOAT. But him with his star ratings, I knew a lot of wrestlers, especially when I was a producer or in Talent Relations, and listening to the talent that worked for us, they cared about his star ratings. This guy’s ONE guy who’s never had a match in his life and obviously has a favoritism towards Japanese wrestling. I just didn’t get it. He’s never had a match, he’s never done any job at any level in any wrestling company.”
Kim then revealed that her view of Meltzer solidified after she says he “blatantly lied” about her, especially regarding the claim that she reached out to AEW begging for work.
“I’ll say this — I did notice that he blatantly lied, and that’s when I was like, okay, you know what, I was a hundred million percent right about him. So this rumor going around that I reached out to AEW begging for a job, that’s not true at all.”
While Kim confirmed that Sonjay Dutt once reached out to her after she was fired from TNA, nothing came from it and she insists she has never gone to AEW asking for a job.
Gail Kim’s comments send a strong message to anyone questioning her integrity. She made it clear she never begged AEW for a job and directly accused a major wrestling journalist of spreading false stories about her.
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October 2, 2025 11:28 am
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