Over the previous few days, chatter has emerged that a number of issues might be altering in AEW. First, stories emerged that Warner Bros. Discovery needed AEW to develop their PPV schedule, even probably as much as 12 PPVs a 12 months. And earlier right this moment, one other report emerged that AEW could also be seeking to ban sure strikes and practices from matches going ahead, together with buckle bombs and unprotected pictures to the top.

To date, there was little response from anybody inside AEW concerning the rumored modifications, with one exception: RJ Metropolis. The AEW character and host of the Sunday YouTube present “Hey! (EW)” took to Twitter Thursday afternoon, alluding to the stories by asserting that AEW had banned him from mentioning Joan Chen’s 2000 romantic drama movie “Autumn in New York.”

AEW has banned me from referencing the 2000 movie Autumn In New York. pic.twitter.com/T8iSGctka6

— RJ Metropolis (@RJCity1) July 13, 2023

A modest hit 23 years in the past, “Autumn in New York” noticed a middle-aged womanizer (Richard Gere) fall in love with a youthful lady (Winona Ryder), who’s dying from a coronary heart situation. For no matter cause, the movie appears to have struck a chord with Metropolis, who referred to the movie as “timeless” when replying to a joke from Maffew of Botchamania, saying he wasn’t certain Metropolis was in a position to reference something as latest as that movie on AEW TV.

Whether or not Metropolis’s poking enjoyable at stories of AEW banning sure issues is a refute concerning the matter or affirmation the rule modifications will quickly be happening is anyone’s guess. In the long run, most wrestling followers will simply should hope that Metropolis will be capable to acknowledge outdated romantic comedies and dramas at any time when he so wishes.