Konnan Claims AEW Talents Are Unhappy With Tony Khan's Booking

Not everyone is happy in All Elite Wrestling it seems.

Speaking on his Keepin' It 100 podcast, Konnan has claimed that numerous AEW talents told him they were unhappy with Tony Khan's booking the last time he was backstage at one of the promotion's events.

"I can tell you this, bro. The last few times I've been to, I remember one day, and I won't even say who the wrestler was, a very good friend of mine, I was backstage in AEW. This was probably a year ago and there were a lot of WWE guys coming in, a lot of new people coming in, and it was the first time the originals were being shoved to the side. Because you can imagine how people like Sonny Kiss and Joey Janela and all these other guys that were there at the beginning and you don't really see much of them anymore are feeling when all these other people are coming in. But that was going to happen. When you get bigger fish, you're going to use them. He asked me, 'Is this what WCW was like?' I go, 'This is exactly how WCW started to get', and he was like, 'Oh (bleep)'" Konnan began.

"Then the last time I was there, bro, you have no idea how many people came up to me and they were p*ssed about the booking. They weren't happy with how they were being used. They were very, very vocal about it. It's kind of funny because our boy, I don't think he gives (bleep), in front of everybody in catering, he came up and he was like, 'Yeah, thank God Konnan is here. Maybe they'll use somebody that knows how to book logically.' I was like, 'Bro, ixnay that. I'm not here looking for a job.' So yeah, people are starting to talk."

Konnan's claims come only days after a report noted that AEW talents were "close to their breaking point" due to recent backstage drama within the promotion. It is believed the issues started when AEW were going to allow Colt Cabana's contract to expire and hostilities have only worsened from there. Cabana's deal with the promotion was ultimately renewed but he has only been booked on Ring Of Honor.

H/T to WrestlingNews.co