Update on Booker T withdrawing from Starrcast III due to alleged involvement in the WWE

– As previously announced, Starrcast Organizer and Promoter, Conrad Thompson, has denied the account of Dave Meltzer's The Wrestling Observer that Booker T had withdrawn from his scheduled appearance for Starrcast III due to the conflict between AEW and WWE. In today 's edition of the Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer responded to Thompson' s response.

Meltzer had incorrectly stated in the report that Booker T had withdrawn from All Out. Starrcast III is not technically part of AEW nor All Out, but it runs the same weekend and in the same area, like Starrcast II and AEW Double or Nothing. .

During the radio show of today, while Meltzer admitted that Booker T had retired from Starrcast and not All Out, he remained true to his report: Booker T did not do the show because the WWE had forbidden him to do so or because Booker T could "read the tea leaves" and find that it was in his interest not to go there since he still works for WWE as an advertiser. In addition, Meltzer stated that WWE "probably told" Shawn Michaels not to attend a Starrcast show. Meltzer added: "The war is very real and obviously everyone knows it."

Meltzer went on to explain that these events between AEW and the WWE, such as the WWE Network, broadcast the 10th anniversary issue of EVOLVE in front of AEW Fight for the Fallen. "are going to happen constantly because that's how Vince [McMahon] is." You are entering a war with Vince and you must be ready to defend yourself as well. "

Conrad responded to the initial rumor about Twitter: "The Meltzer report below is incorrect I do not work for AEW and I do not have the power to" book books "to anyone STARRCAST is independent and we appreciate the presence of Booker I will miss him this time in Chicago, but I look forward to working with him again someday. "

Restoring the facts over the next 24 hours about the story that would unfold at about my "removal" from @StarrcastEvents. "

Based on Booker T 's own statement, he should publish more information about what happened later with his presence at Starrcast III today.