Mustafa Ali owning Russo and calling him a 'ho' is hilarious stuff.
Becky too.
Relax my guy. I know your history regarding AEW on here, so just take a step back and look at it all calmly.
The interview happened, the twitter stuff happened (both were dicks for that) and AEW management basically told both guys on Tuesday to cut it out. That is it being dealt with a day before. If either guy fights they are sent home.
Now TMZ is the first one who said this that Sammy threw a punch on Wednesday. Another outlet said the same but then put a correction out (all before the show started).
There are other reporters out there who basically said the same thing as the correction.
Based on the fact that Andrade got sent home and Sammy didnt, it would point to that being right story.
Also its not just about keeping a feuding locker vs letting somebody go to WWE. You need to set a precedent. Andrade has made it clear hes talking to WWE (through his wife). Him being fired now would basically tell anybody else that wants out of their contract, do the same (which long term is the worst thing you can do).Nothing against Andrade, but hes not a needle mover. So if im Tony Khan, you know you got a contract with him. You tell Andrade that he can buy it out, or you sit his ass at home, pay him (cos you gotta do that either way if hes there or not). And that will send a message to the rest of the locker room.
Its ok not to trust certain wrestling outlets, sure. But when a lot of them independently put out the same story, its saying something. And TMZ arent always 100%, you shoudl know this.
The punishment is the biggest indicator of how the story went (and which is to be believed)