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Masvidal made his debut for All Elite Wrestling at AEW Grand Slam on September 24, 2021
Masvidal had already appeared in AEW earlier that month, so Grand Slam was not his AEW debut.
Full reasoning
AEW’s own event coverage shows Jorge Masvidal appeared on September 5, 2021 at AEW All Out 2021, where AEW wrote that Dan Lambert was in a skybox "flanked by Andrei Arlovski, Junior Dos Santos, and Jorge Masvidal." That means Masvidal had already made an AEW appearance before AEW Grand Slam on September 24, 2021.
AEW’s separate Grand Slam results page confirms he also appeared on September 24, but that was a later appearance, not his debut. So the article’s dating of his AEW debut to Grand Slam is incorrect.
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- AEW All Out 2021 Results
American Top Team's Dan Lambert was in a skybox. He was flanked by Andrei Arlovski, Junior Dos Santos, and Jorge Masvidal, along with Men of the Year's Scorpio Sky and "All Ego" Ethan Page!
- AEW Rampage: Grand Slam Results for September 24, 2021
American Top Team (Junior Dos Santos, Austin Vanderford, Andrei Arlovski, Dalton Rosta, Jorge Masvidal, and Paige VanZant) surrounded the ring!
On November 6, 2023, Masvidal pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor battery charge
Reports from ESPN and Miami local news said Masvidal pleaded no contest, not guilty, to the misdemeanor battery charge.
Full reasoning
Multiple contemporaneous reports state that Jorge Masvidal pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor battery charge on November 6, 2023.
ESPN reported that Masvidal's attorney confirmed he "pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge" and added that the two felony charges were dropped in the plea deal. Miami station WSVN likewise reported that Masvidal was "pleading no contest" that day.
A no contest plea is not the same thing as a guilty plea, even if it can still result in a conviction or time-served sentence. So the article’s wording that he "pleaded guilty" is legally inaccurate.
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- Jorge Masvidal pleads no contest to misdemeanor battery charge - ESPN
Jorge Masvidal pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge Monday ... The two felony charges Masvidal was facing, one for aggravated battery and another for criminal mischief, were dropped in a plea deal.
- Former UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal pleads no contest to misdemeanor battery charge - WSVN 7News
Former UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal pleading no contest Monday in a misdemeanor battery charge.