AEW Confiscates Fan Sign Hinting at Mercedes Mone & Kazuchika Okada Relationship During 9/18 Dynamite

AEW brought their September 18 Dynamite to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania this week, and a lot of things happened on the road to Grand Slam. Mercedes Mone and Kazuchika Okada were both around, but one sign that a fan made for them wasn’t seen on television.

Although AEW liked to proclaim themselves as a fan-centric company, they have taken steps to remove controversial opinions. This includes DMCA takedowns on videos, and it also extends to plucking unfavorable signs from the crowd during their live television broadcasts.

One fan posted on Reddit’s Squared Circle Subreddit to share one of their homemade projects, a yellow sign that AEW apparently didn’t want in the crowd. They were kind of bummed that security took the sign, but AEW still gave them a good show.

“Sadly, My Sign Got Confiscated at Dynamite Apparently we had an over-zealous security person, because he refused to let in any signs with a blank back – which is frustrating because I would have happily X’d out the back, IF I EVEN HAD A MARKER WITH ME – still enjoyed the show!”

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This fan’s sign showed an illustration of a tree, but it had nothing to do with Chris Jericho’s Learning Tree gimmick. Instead, the text on the sign said, “Okada + Mone Sitting in a Tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G.” Apparently, AEW didn’t want to endorse that statement by allowing it in their crowd.

On an interesting sidenote about AEW’s previous DMCA Takedown efforts, the widely-held belief is that AEW referee Aubrey Edwards has filed many of those takedowns under a fake name.

There is no shortage of rumor and innuendo from the confines of the AEW locker room. Perhaps there is something going on between Okada and Mercedes, but AEW obviously doesn’t want fans talking about it if that is the case. For more updates on this story and so many more, please keep checking out Ringside News.

What’s your take on AEW taking this fan sign during Dynamite this week? Do you think that they’re only drawing attention to the subject that this sign is trying to highlight? Let us know what you think in the comments section!