WrestleCon Promoter Says Leon Slater Wasn’t Going To Lose To Ricochet, Had No Communication With TNA

Leon Slater was set to take on Ricochet at the WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow during WrestleMania weekend in a dream match.

Unfortunately for fans, Leon Slater was pulled from the match last week with TNA citing “partner conflicts.”

Speaking to John Pollock & Wai Ting of POST Wrestling, WrestleCon promoter Michael Bochicchio gave his side as to what happened.

“We went directly to Leon’s boss. We went directly to Ricochet’s boss. We told them what the finish of the match would be to protect the individual. A lot of people think, ‘They didn’t want Leon to lose.’ Guys, I’m going to be honest, Leon wasn’t losing. Come up with a different theory on why they pulled him because that had nothing to do with it. The match and finish were cleared,” he said.

Michael said he found out the match was being canceled when he read it online. He then contact the agent for Slater and Ricochet, who confirmed the news to him.

“The first communication I got from TNA was about two hours before their PPV on Saturday. Mr. Silva sent me a text saying he would like to communicate. That was after we changed and replaced the match. I still haven’t spoken to him. I said, ‘Sure, call me anytime.’ I haven’t heard from him,” he said.

While many believe WWE had something to do with the match getting pulled, Michael doesn’t think the match was on WWE’s radar given everything else going on this week.

“I believe Carlos got upset AEW ran on a Thursday, hurt their ratings, and everything changed. That’s my opinion. Maybe WWE has more involvement than we ever thought, but Carlos can say to WWE, ‘Guys, I gave my word on this match. I would like to be able to follow through with my word,'” he said.

WrestleCon announced the new main event of The Demand vs. Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, & Michael Oku.

Fans can find Knight’s comments on the match by clicking here.

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