The AEW wrestler, Sammy Guevara has been suspended by All Elite Wrestling after his explicit comment about WWE star Sasha Banks, where he said:
“Bro, Sasha Banks; oh my God. When I was at the WWE the other week I wanted to just go f** rape that woman.”
AEW released a statement in response to Guevara's comment over Sasha Banks and to announce his suspension.
"AEW insists on doing our part to create a world of understanding and respect for humankind. We therefore strongly condemn the extremely offensive and hurtful words of Sammy Guevara. As such, effective immediately, Sammy is suspended without pay until further notice. Sammy has agreed to undergo extensive sensitivity training and, upon completion, his future status within the company will be evaluated."
During his suspension, Guevara's salary will be donated to the Women's Center of Jacksonville.
AEW statement on Sammy Guevara pic.twitter.com/11yL2QytF7
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 22, 2020
By his controversial statement, lots of his fans and followers criticized him. An American born wrestler, Sammy Guevara, has issued an apology message to Sasha on social media, saying:
"I've made stupid, inappropriate, and extremely offensive comments in my past. In my idiotic mind, I thought I was being funny in using words and terms that represent nothing but horror and pain. I am truly sorry for my hurtful words and actions, and I will never forgive myself, I also want to apologize to [Sasha Banks] for my unacceptable comments. She's an amazing person who didn't deserve to be the brunt of my offensive remarks. I spoke with her earlier & she helped me learn a gigantic lesson & I thank her for that. Once again, I'm sincerely sorry."
He has already won 12 championships during his professional wrestling career and ranked at No.375 of the top singles wrestlers in the Pro Wrestling Illustrated in 2017.
Net Worth Of Sammy Guevara And Salary
According to gossipgist.com, Sammy Guevara has an estimated net worth of $1 million. He earned his fortune of wealth from his professional career as a wrestling career. Sammy has wrestled many games and went for the many promotions games.
He rose to fame as AEW's best young talented wrestler and has a good future.
According to sportlister.com, the mid-card wrestlers earn between $300,000-$900,000 per year. So, it's clear that his salary falls in that range.
Additionally, Sammy has also earned a decent sum of money from various brand endorsements, sponsorship, and advertisements.
One of the young talented wrestlers, Sammy Guevara, also made his appearance in the promotion such as Major League Wrestling, Evolve Wrestling, Lucha Underground, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla.
Career Overview Of Sammy Guevara
Sammy Guevara is a professional wrestler born on 28 July 1993 in Houston, Texas.
Sammy Guevara, 28 age, started his training period in BookerT's Reality of Wrestling in his hometown Houston, Texas. He was passionate about professional wrestling from an early age after watching WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels' performance via television.
He made his first appearance for a major professional wrestling promotion National Wrestling Alliance in 2013. Sammy partnered with Tony Guevara against Los Matadores named Diego & Fernando in the tag team dark match. Unfortunately, they lose on the 7 April 2015 edition of WWE Main Event.
Then, on 27 May 2016, Sammy had a victory over the former WWE NXT wrestler Jody Kristofferson in his debut match in a full impact wrestling pro match.
He debuted during the July 3rd edition of Xplosion, partnering with Davey Richards in a tag match which they lost to Drago & Taiji Ishimori.
During the July 4th edition of Impact wrestling, Guevara participated in the 2017 Super X Cup Tournament, where Drago eliminated him in the first round.
Additionally, the 28-years-old wrestler also played against the PWG World Champion Walter in the main event for the title but was unable to win against him. He faced lots of ups and downs during his early career, but he never gave up and worked hard to achieve his goal.
Then in 2017, he signed with Wrestling Guerrilla, and on 7 December 2017, Guevara made his first debut career for Major League Wrestling (MLW). He also made multiple appearances for MLW's television program MLW fusion in 2018.
In 2018 he signed Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide and his debut at Verano De Escandalo 2018. Sammy has won his first AAA World cruiserweight championship at the Triplemania XXVI annual event in 2018.
Happily, his first championship, titled PWFP Ultimate Championship, came into his bag on 28 April 2019, where he won against the then champion Raja Naveed.
The American wrestler Sammy has also faced Laredo Kid in 2019 but was unable to defeat him.
The 1.7 m tall wrestler was announced to signed with the newly formed All Elite Wrestling as a roaster on 7 February 2019. Cody Rhodes defeated him in the opening match of the inaugural episode of AEW Dynamite.
All Elite Wrestling star Sammy Guevara is popularly known as The Spanish God on AEW television, who lost his first major PPV match against Darby Allin at the AEW Revolution 2020.
Why Did Sammy Guevara Choose AEW Over WWE?
According to wrestlinginc.com, Sammy Guevara revealed that if he had been offered a contract from WWE, he wouldn't be ready to sign a contract from WWE.
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In the current scenario, staying with AEW is the best move for his bright future, 28-years-old wrestler convinced.
“I was talking to a couple of other potential employers, but honestly, I have no interest right now, Like, for me, Sammy Guevara, 25, and my current name where it’s at, I have no interest in going to WWE at the moment, which is very weird for me to say. If I ever do go there, I want my name to be at a much higher point. When I was at the tryout a couple of years ago, back in 2017, it kind of opened my eyes. It’s like, oh, if I don’t have a pretty big following of big names, they kind of don’t give an f- about you.”
The simple reason behind not contracting with WWE as he wanted his name to be at a much higher point. If the players don't have a big fan following then the audience will not recognize you and don't care about you.
Sammy Moises Guevara loved enjoying his career on AEW over WWE and he's looking forward to working with his inspiration personality, Chris Jericho, whom he has watched through Television.