On September 5, 2026, both the music and wrestling worlds were defeated Andy “The Butcher” Williams, who has died aged 48 After suffering a medical emergency at an Enjoy Wrestling event in Pennsylvania. A week later that September 12 episode of “AEW Collision”. dedicated to the man who wrestled for the company for nearly seven years, the show ended with a music video celebrating Williams’ life and the AEW roster hugging on the entrance ramp.
Someone who wrestled on that show was “Speedball” Mike Bailey, who wrestled John Moxley in the show’s opening contest. As the show ended, Bayley talked about the moment when the AEW roster came out to watch the music video during the last episode. Bailey’s YouTube vlog.
At the end of Collision, everyone came out on stage to pay tribute to Andy Williams and it was a great moment for all of us to go through this together. It’s been a very, very difficult week for all of us, and you know, I say this as someone who hasn’t spent much time with Andy. some tragedy that happens, we all feel it, and we all need and want to be there for each other, and everyone being on that stage together felt really good, even though we’re all very, very sad about it, it feels like a nice moment of togetherness.
While Williams’ contract with AEW was technically up in June 2026, AEW president Tony Khan revealed that: Williams had a number of ideas on how to merge the worlds of wrestling and music shortly before his death.
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