I have heard from many, many people, some of whom did not know that this was happening, and most of whom did, so it was not a secret. Some have known for weeks, some have known for months. People have talked to him. He’s expressed his frustrations. There have been things that have happened. QT had a very well-paying job, he was a Vice President of creative and talent. He’s no longer doing the formats, but he did those for years. I think there’s a lot of things that have been said. One thing with QT, and it’s a big one – QT wants to be a wrestling star. And it wasn’t gonna happen in AEW. I know he expressed frustration to a lot of people about that – feeling he’s had good matches but he’s not been positioned to be a wrestling star there.
Of everyone that I heard from, not one had anything bad to say about QT. And most were sympathetic towards him. A lot of talent tweeted it, but a lot of talent privately, very supportive of QT and understanding his position
Source: Wrestling Observer Radio
I agree. When I first saw his resignation I thought he was heading to WWE to be a producer or something. Not looking for more exposure.
But he is pretty damn good at playing the heel. There’s a chance he could have an indie run similar to Matt Cardona, I guess…
Lost the link but more details were that he also doesnt’ like how AEW is leaning more towards NJPW style (i.e. matches over storytelling) instead of emphasizing the story more.
…which kinda shows QT hasn’t paid attention to the product since day 1 lol.