Former AEW announcer Kevin Kelly said he is suing All Elite Wrestling over his departure from the company three months ago. Kelly was apparently let go due to several social media posts about why he had not been used more by the company. Kelly also accused fellow AEW announcer Ian Riccaboni of trying to sabotage his career and committing libel against him.
Kelly was a guest of Eric Bischoff on Wise Choices, a second weekly podcast Bischoff puts out in addition to his long-running podcast 83 Weeks.
Kelly told Bischoff that he was struggling mentally due to the situation with Riccaboni and was seeing a psychiatrist provided by the company. He said he was extremely unhappy and took his thoughts to social media and then left an angry message for an HR staffer.
“I went off,” Kelly said about the message he left.
After explaining more of what went on, Bischoff asked, “So what are you going to do? You suing them?”
“Yeah, of course,” Kelly answered. “You have to.”
Kelly, whose real name is Kevin Foote, worked for WWE from 1996-2003 and also worked for Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling prior to his time at AEW. Kelly started with AEW in June of 2023 and was let go in March.
