Scorpio Sky Unsure Why He Has Been Benched By AEW

It’s been a long time since Scorpio Sky has competed in an All Elite Wrestling ring, with it looking like the former SCU member has been ‘benched’ by the organisation.

Part of AEW since its inception, Sky is a former AEW World Tag Team Champion and TNT Champion, but has not competed in an AEW or Ring of Honor ring since October 2023. He hasn't appeared on AEW TV in any capacity since August 2024.

Pondering upon his lack of ring-time for AEW, Scorpio said the following on his Creating Character podcast when asked if comments made during an interview with Chris Van Vliet in 2024 could have harmed his standing in the company:

"To be honest with you, I didn't lie when I was on the show, but I definitely went out of my way to not make the company look bad. I really obviously wanted to preserve a relationship that has been built over a number of years and I didn't want to say anything that would poison that relationship. Come to find out, someone there, still, maybe has a few issues with some of the things I may have said. Now I'm like, 'Screw it, I'm going to say whatever the hell I want now,'" said Scorpio.

Sky continued: "It's something that has been on my mind, I don't think about it too much, but sometimes I do wonder, 'What is the perspective? Do people think I'm not profiled because I suck, I don't have it anymore, I'm hurt, do they they think there is bad blood?' The reality is I don't know what it is. 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. It's just one of those things where, what can you do? You only have so much say. You have this much [holds fingers close together] say. You do what you can."

Vignettes for Sky’s return aired across AEW TV in Summer 2024, but no permanent return came to fruition. Since then, the ‘Man of the Year’ has wrestled across the US independent scene, whilst former tag partner Frankie Kazarian has publicly bemoaned Sky’s lack of opportunity to prove what he can do.

H/T: Fightful

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