During the build to AEW Full Gear 2026, Claudio Castagnoli was the member of the Death Riders who seemed too much for The Cut. However, on Fright Night episode “AEW Dynamite”, Castagnoli was given the Switchblade by Jay White on the Blade Runner concrete floor and hasn’t been seen in AEW since, and according to the man, he doesn’t know when he’ll be back.
Castagnoli was a special guest at the League of Legends World Championship and was asked in an interview what it was like to watch the tournament live. Paul Delos Santos in The Load-In. The AEW star explained that not having a medical exam allowed him to see the competition firsthand. “I don’t have a medical right now, so I was just sitting at home, so (League of Legends) asked me if I wanted to come here, see Worlds, and I said, “Yeah, definitely, 100% I’ll be there.” It is unclear exactly where Castagnoli sustained the injury that caused him to be removed from television, although his last match was on the October 24 episode of AEW Collision against Shane Taylor Promotions as part of the Death Riders.
As for what’s next for the lineups of his fellow Death Riders? in the upcoming Anarchy Arena in Full Gear were confirmed in the November 11 episode of “Dynamite”. John Moxley, Gabe Kidd and Daniel Garcia will represent the Death Riders and will play alongside Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong and Kyle O’Reilly of The Conglomeration. They will face the aforementioned Jay White, Ace Austin, David Finlay, Clark Connors, Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn of The Cut.
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