Report: Update On The Future Of AEW's Texas Chain Saw Massacre Title

Last week's edition of AEW Dynamite saw one of the most unique matches in the promotion's history, as Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy clashed in a Texas Chain Saw Massacre Death Match. Double J won the match and with it the Texas Chain Saw Massacre Title.

According to a report from PWInsider Elite, there are no plans for the title to be defended on a regular basis moving forward.

AEW were reportedly paid $100,000 for the match, as part of the promotion for the Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game (which was released on August 18). AEW subsequently donated to the Maui Food Bank in Hawaii.

While the money the match made may have been donated to a good cause, the bout itself was widely panned and supposedly forced existing plans for the August 16 episode of Dynamite to be changed. The match was pitched to AEW by Warner Bros. Discovery. Originally intended to be a cinematic affair, it was decided the match would instead air live on Dynamite.

Responding to criticism of the match, Jarrett said:

"The biggest disappointment I would've had, by far, is if there would have been no feedback. The point that [the match was] so divisive, that somebody cared so much about the AEW brand that they tune into Twitter or Instagram. I really thought that the sponsor [reacted positively.] Exact words [were] 'Incredible. Way overdelivered'. Okay, so that's a win". 

H/T Fightful