Slim J posts statement reacting to AEW release

Slim J isn’t letting his AEW release deter him from his goals.

On Monday, several wrestlers were released from their AEW contracts. Slim J, Stu Grayson, Parker Boudreaux, Anthony Henry, Jora Johl, Gravity, The Boys (Brandon & Brent Tate), ring announcer Dasha Kuret, and manager Jose the Assistant were all released in the round of cuts.

Slim J tweeted out a statement on Tuesday morning reacting to his release. He said he’s grateful for the opportunity he was given in AEW and is thankful to the fans for supporting him. Slim J mentioned Ari Daivari, Caprice Coleman, and agent Bill Behrens as people who believed in him.

The 38-year-old Slim J said that, while his gimmick in AEW was “trash,” his work wasn’t. He worked a day job while with AEW and isn’t giving up on his goal of getting his wife and daughter out of the “sh*t hole” that they live in:

I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked for AEW. Unfortunately yesterday was no April fools joke. I appreciate @AriyaDaivari for always bringing my name up and believing in me. @CapriceColeman you always put me over. As did @WilliamBehrens Thank you

Thank you to the fans that supported me. My gimmick was trash. I get that. I knew that. My work wasn’t though. I worked my shoot job through both contracts with AEW. My role there was to act rich. I’ve always been far from that in real life. Promise that.

All I wanted to do once I was signed. Was to get my wife and daughter out of the sh*t hole we live in. They’re my everything by far.i failed. Does it mean I quit. Not at all. Mouths to feed and I’m broke asf. So I’m looking for a second, second job. Stop sleeping on me.

Slim J had been wrestling in ROH before his AEW release. He was previously part of The Trustbusters in AEW, a faction that Boudreaux was also a member of. The Trustbusters were featured on AEW Dark.

At the start of his career in the early 2000s, Slim J wrestled for NWA Wildside in Georgia.