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People other than Tony Khan don’t have strong feelings on the situation. As for Tony, Tony likes Rey Fenix. He’s always liked and respected Rey Fenix. He just felt that if he let this thing slide that other people were going to start taking advantage of him and it was going to lead to a dam breaking. So they’re fucked and Penta has another month I believe and Fenix has 9-10. Tony found out what the plan was for them on SmackDown by the way and that also informed this. Take a wild guess who leaked that one backstage in AEW.
Relevant portion starts at 33:15 below. https://www.youtube.com/live/jGakR_xNSf4?si=fO6RzmSVRTMuei5-
He readily admits to being an IWC internet nerd in the '90s/'00s… it’s safe to say, you’re right.