Trent Beretta Pulled from Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Show
Prior to the start of Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, AEW CEO Tony Khan announced on Twitter that Trent Beretta was pulled from the show due to him not being medically cleared to compete following his involvement in last week’s Texas Death Match between Orange Cassidy and Matt Taven.
After the attack last Wednesday during the Texas Death Match, as @trentylocks took steel chairs from the Kingdom + the knee to the head from @roderickstrong, Trent has been pulled by @AEW docs from #AEWDynamite and sent home to rest.@OrangeCassidy is being evaluated by docs now
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 22, 2024
Kyle Fletcher Reportedly Dealing with Visa-Related Issues
As noted above, Trent Beretta was pulled from Wednesday’s Dynamite show due to not being medically cleared compete.
In a separate tweet, AEW CEO Tony Khan stated that this week has been one of the most hectic weeks in AEW history in regards to injuries and unexpected availability issues for AEW shows.
Tonight's #AEWDynamite, NEXT on TBS, will be presented with up to 5 minutes overrun!
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) February 22, 2024
This has been one of the most hectic weeks for injuries + unexpected unavailability that I can recall in @AEW, especially since the pandemic era.
Tonight will be a wild night on @TBSNetwork!
In regards to the “unexpected availability” issues, Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Kyle Fletcher is currently dealing with work visa-related issues. It was reported that this is the reason for Fletcher’s recent absence from both AEW and Ring of Honor.
It was reported that AEW officials have been pleased with Fletcher’s work in the company while ROH’s plans for a feud between Ethan Page and Fletcher for Fletcher’s ROH World Television Championship have been put on hold for the time being until Fletcher’s visa issues are resolved.
AEW Announces New Dynamite & Collision Shows This April in Massachusetts
AEW announced that they will be holding a new set of AEW Dynamite and Collision shows on April 3rd at the DCU Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.
It was also announced that tickets for this upcoming new set of shows will officially go on sale starting on February 24th.
#AEW returns to Worcester, MA on Wednesday, April 3rd with #AEWDynamite LIVE and #AEWCollision under the same roof at the @DCUCenter! Don’t miss this massive night of action!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) February 22, 2024
Tickets go on sale THIS SATURDAY 2/24 at 10am ET at https://t.co/UN1cNj1SFY! pic.twitter.com/G5p8J5c3lC
It is currently not known if the April 6th Collision show will go directly head-to-head against WWE’s WrestleMania 40 Night 1 show that night or if it will be preempted instead.