A new report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter has provided some insight on a situation involving Jacques Rougeau at AEW Redemption.
Rougeau, who appeared with his brother Raymond for a pre-show segment honoring their family legacy, was said to have brought tension backstage after throwing a “tantrum” over AEW refusing to play a tribute video he provided for the segment:
This part was confirmed. The reason the ceremony didn’t even have a video is because Jacques told AEW he’d take care of that. He gave them a video to play. Unfortunately, the video was too long, had footage that AEW didn’t have rights to, music that AEW didn’t have rights to and some AI stuff in it that AEW didn’t want to use. There was no way it could be used and now it’s the day of the show with no time to do anything else, so there was no video.
Multiple sources said Jacques was throwing a tantrum backstage over that. He was told by one AEW official to calm down or they’d have to kick him out.
The former WWE Intercontinental Champion later posted the tribute video to his Facebook profile: