Nixon Newell Addresses Allegations AEW Sent Her Home After Backstage Controversy

There is a lot going on in the pro wrestling world, and many fans zeroed in on the controversy surrounding Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize walking out of AEW. Now, they are clapping back and setting the record straight about what went on.

There was some last-minute drama before a recent episode of AEW Collision. Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize were recently involved in a backstage dispute with AEW, where the two were scheduled to face Anna Jay and Tay Melo. Then things changed, so they walked out.

About an hour before the show went live, Newell and Alize reportedly walked out of the arena after a disagreement over the creative direction of their match. The situation sparked immediate changes to the night’s lineup and drew attention to ongoing concerns behind the scenes.

During Nixon Newell’s Twitch stream, the former Tegan Nox went into this situation. She explained that they were not sent home at all. They were simply told that they could leave, because the 3-minute match they were booked in would be better suited for someone else, which is what they relayed to their AEW producer. There was also a lot to set up this situation.

“We were excited to wrestle TayJay. We have a 6 or 7 hour drive. We get there, and we understand things happen. Our match was changed to Mariah and Megan, which is fine, but we were told pretty late in the day before Collision, like the second to last match of Dynamite before this match, which isn’t a lot of time. Then they come back and say it’s going to be a shorter match, which is okay, we’re just happy to have a match. So, we do the match, no problem, and first of all, I don’t know where this rumor of a disagreement, right, happened, I don’t know where that came from, because that didn’t happen at all. We said we appreciated the opportunity, no problem.”

They were then told that the following week, that they might do something for ROH. So, the two made plans to show up again, which did happen. However, the match did not go as planned, because they never wrestled.

“So, we turn up Wednesday, and we were there the entire night, and then after Dynamite finished, people were leaving, before ROH started, we asked if we have anything, and they said no, we can go home. So, we went home that day after Collision was finished. So we turn up Saturday, hanging around, not told anything until just after doors opened, ‘hey you guys are wrestling TayJay,’ — cool, we have a bunch of ideas ready. By the way, it was 3 minutes, nobody’s happy about 3 minutes, but we wern’t going ‘what the f*ck?’ But we were told that we were going to have a match of substance, because that match didn’t happen and stuff.”

“I asked if it was 3 minutes, and they said, ‘yep,’ Then after the promo we cut, we were asked to be a credible tag team, so that’s what we did. We decided as a couple, as wrestlers independently that 3 minutes isn’t going make anyone look good. As wrestlers, we want everyone to look good, so we said ‘we really appreciate it, but […] so we were polite, we were respectful, we called our producer over and said ‘hey I don’t think 3 minutes is going to benefit us, not jsut us but everyone in the tag team, so respectfull I think this should go to someone else who could benefit.’ It went to the other females, good for them, there is no bad blood. There was no ‘f*ck you’ that’s all. We spoke to our producer about this, we spoke to others about it and they said that 3 minutes isn’t going to do anyone any good.”

Nixon Newell also explained that, “They went and relayed that information and said we were free to go home.” In the end, “They texted us and told us to go, and if you’ve ever been to that venue, it’s tiny, it’s very, very tiny. So, we were given the go ahead to go home, so we got some food.”

That instance of them going out to “get some food” was when fans spotted them out drinking following the appearance. Nixon Newell made a point to say that the headlines about her walking out were “twisted” and “blown out of proportion.” We will have to see if she ends up doing any more appearances for AEW or ROH.

What’s your take on this Nixon Newell story? Do you believe that she should have walked out after getting 3 minutes? Let us know what you think in the comments section!

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