A number of AEW stars left All out with injuries, and as a result are now unable to compete at the company’s next WrestleDream pay-per-view. This includes former AEW World Tag Team Champion Christian Cage, who suffered a collapsed lung and multiple broken ribs during his three-way Ladder Match at All Out.
Bang Bang Gang’s Jay White and AEW Women’s Tag Team Champion Jamie Hayter are also on the shelf following undisclosed injuries of their own. Requests caused AEW to deviate from its original plans for a women’s tag team For WrestleDream. During WrestleDream’s media call, AEW CEO Tony Khan suggested that Wyatt would also have been involved in the October 17 PPV if not for his respective injury.
“Christian Cage and Pac, they’re two of the most important people in the ring ever in AEW. They would have been very involved in the WrestleDream plans before, at least, in addition to other people who were injured, including Jamie Hayter, the Tag Team Champion, and Jay White, who was just fantastic, I thought, I wanted to win that match. build from it,” said Khan. “The network was excited about it, the viewership of Tailgate Brawl. All Out sold better than last year. It was perfect timing for us to have a big pay-per-view. I thought the Tailgate Brawl was a lot of fun, corporate synergy as they say. Hurting Jay, that was terrible too.”
White was reportedly injured during an eight-man match at the Tailgate Brawl, which aired on September 26 prior to the All Out main show. He is expected to be out of action for up to two months.
Hayter wasn’t expected to be out long
Hayter was injured during Chicago Street Fight, where she and Alex Windsor also defended the AEW Women’s Tag Team Championship against Megan Bane and Lena Cross. According to Khan, Hayter’s injury is minor, doctors have advised him to wait another two weeks before returning to the ring.
“Having a world champion again like Jamie Hayter, who’s been a world champion and one of the best wrestlers, and someone who’s been here since the first year of AEW is really important for the locker room,” Khan said. “Someone I really respect a lot is Jamie Heyer. I really wanted Jamie Hayter to wrestle on the (WrestleDream) pay-per-view and the Brawling Birds to keep their momentum going because I thought the Chicago street fight was fantastic.”
After their successful outing on All Out, Hayter and Windsor, known together as The Brawling Birds, were intend to defend their titles against Chris Statlander and Harley Cameron on WrestleDream. Due to Hayter’s sideline position, that title match has been postponed to a time and date yet to be announced.
In its place, AEW has confirmed that Bain and Cross, former AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions, will face The Sisters of Sin (Julia Hart and Sky Blue) on the WrestleDream pre-show. AEW Women’s Champion Mercedes Monae will put her title on the line against Sisters of Sin ally Thekla.
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