QT Marshall Reveals Reason Behind Lack of Wrestling After AEW Return

QT Marshall, who had been with AEW since its inception, left the promotion when his contract expired last year. While many felt he might go to WWE and work with Cody Rhodes, he returned to AEW but hasn’t wrestled after rejoining the company. In fact, Marshall has now revealed why he no longer wrestles in AEW.

Marshall has worn many hats since the company’s inception, including wrestler, manager, producer, and now Vice President of Show and Creative Coordination of the company. Many fans feel Marshall’s current role in the company is what he truly excels at as well.

While speaking on the Gabby AF podcast, QT Marshall explained why he doesn’t wrestle in AEW anymore. He mentioned that he and AEW President Tony Khan don’t share the same vision when it comes to Marshall wrestling.

“I don’t wrestle at AEW because we [me and Tony] just never saw eye to eye on the wrestling stuff.”

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QT Marshall said he has a good relationship with Tony Khan, even though they do not always agree on wrestling matters. Khan helped Marshall find a behind-the-scenes role at AEW while allowing him to wrestle for other companies.

Marshall spoke highly of Khan, saying many people consider him very nice. When Marshall came back to AEW, he and Khan made an agreement that he could wrestle for other promotions, except WWE. He also mentioned he had talked about working with TNA while still being part of AEW, and Khan even offered to help pay for his travel.

”I love Tony. I don’t care what anybody else has to say [about him]. I mean, everybody always says the same thing, he’s like the nicest guy, right? So when I came back, it was just like ‘Hey, what do you want me to do?’ We came to an agreement. I just bring a backpack, and I can wrestle for anyone else, obviously besides WWE. 

But even for a moment there, I was going to work for TNA and still work for Tony. Or before I even left a year ago, Scott D’Amore and I had made an agreement, and Tony was going to help pay for my flights. It was great. Then Scott didn’t reach back out, and I was like ‘Hey, what’s going on?’ Because obviously he knew what was going to happen, so he didn’t. But now I’m working for him with Maple Leaf Wrestling in a couple of weeks…so I’m excited about that.”

QT Marshall is certainly more than happy to be working in AEW in his backstage role, as he can still wrestle in another companies and Marshall will always appreciate Tony Khan for giving him such opportunities. For Marshall, that is all that truly matters to him at the moment.