AEW: Justin Roberts to Miss Wed’s Dynamite Over COVID, New House Rules Events Dates, Dalton Castle

Justin Roberts to Miss Wednesday’s Dynamite Show Over Positive COVID-19 Test

AEW ring announcer Justin Roberts announced on Instagram that he will be absent from tonight’s AEW Dynamite show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to him recently testing positive for COVID-19. Roberts also stated that he is currently hopeful of being able to return to the company next week.

“The look when you’re absolutely..positive you can’t fly to work for a few more days. Social distancing from Dynamite tomorrow like it’s 2020, look forward to watching on TBS 8/7PM and getting back next week!”

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AEW Announces Dates for Two New House Rules Events

A recent episode of the AEW Control Center featured AEW announcing that they will be holding a new AEW House Rules house show event on June 2nd at the Cadence Bank Arena in Tupelo, Mississippi.

AEW also announced that they will also be holding a new AEW House Rules house show event on June 3rd at the Propst Arena in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

Tickets for these upcoming set of shows was announced to officially go on sale starting this Friday.

AEW's Control Center just announced 2 new House Rules dates:

▪️Friday, June 2: Tupelo, Mississippi @ Cadence Bank Arena
▪️Saturday, June 3: Huntsville, Alabama @ Von Braun Center Propst Arena.

Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday (4/21). Presales tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/CXLVPYUISa

— WrestleTix (@WrestleTix) April 19, 2023

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Dalton Castle Comments on His Debut in AEW & Reuniting with The Boys

A recent episode of the AEW Unrestricted podcast had Dalton Castle as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Castle’s thoughts on his debut in AEW at their Battle of the Belts II event in April of 2022 and when he first learned of AEW’s plans for him.

“I think I got the call two days in advance. I was excited. I wasn’t nervous. I was most nervous about like, ‘entering a new school,’ and then once I got there it was, ‘Oh, I know all these people. These are all my friends. I’ve known them for a decade.’ I knew the weight of seeing more eyes on me, but I didn’t fear it because I’ve always trusted in myself. I know I’m good. I know I’m real good at this. I just had to keep doing what I was doing.

The entrance and everything is always a risk. Just because someone likes what you do in the ring doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to allow you to do everything that you’ve been doing prior. With Tony (Khan), that wasn’t the case at all. He wanted it. We did Supercard of Honor and when I came to the back and talked to him, he was like, ‘Hey, we need to get The Boys back.’ ‘Yeah, that makes the most sense in the world.’ We did Battle of the Belts and the production team was so patient to rehearse everything and make sure they got the camera shots right. That settled me down and set my mind at ease. Having Brent and Brandon there alongside me was like riding a bike. It was a comfort level that I remember. I trust these two more than I trust anybody. To get to do that on the big stage of AEW was setting me up for some really easy success. Once that went well, I remember getting a couple of weeks of traveling with the show. It might have been Toronto, I got told, ‘You’re going to be doing a segment with (Chris) Jericho.’ That was words I didn’t think I would ever hear in my wrestling career. So thrilled to do it. The next night, I’m going out on this program where I’m not really featured, nobody should know who I am in the AEW audience, and I’m going out on a Canadian show against their Canadian hero. The second I walked out it was, ‘how is this going to go?’ The crowd was so welcoming and loud. They chanted my name. ‘Okay, I’m comfortable this is going to go great.’ Then I had four days to freak out about it until we had the show in Cincinnati. That’s how I heard.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com