AEW: Tony Schiavone Confirms Family Reason for His 1/8 Dynamite Show Absence, Mariah May to Guest Commentator Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match, Rey Fenix Merch Removed from ShopAEW

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Jan 15, 2025

Tony Schiavone Confirms Family Reason for His 1/8 Dynamite Show Absence

As noted before, AEW commentator Tony Schiavone was noticeably absent from last week’s AEW Dynamite show in Clarksville, Tennessee. Schiavone’s absence was initially rumored to be due to him being punished over a controversial tweet he made against NJPW English commentator Chris Charlton over controversial anti-AEW comments Charlton made during NJPW and AEW’s Wrestle Dynasty event. Schiavone’s absence was later revealed to have been due to a family-related issue.

A recent episode of the What Happened When with Tony Schiavone podcast featured co-host Schiavone providing an update on his absence from last week’s Dynamite show and confirmed it was due to a family-related issue involving his wife undergoing hip replacement surgery.

“Couldn’t have been it, no. No, as a matter of fact, she got out of the hospital on Wednesday, and so I just let her walk home from the hospital instead of picking her up, and I went to TV and got suspended. But she made it home about six hours later.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

Mariah May Guest Commentary Announced for Women’s Casino Gauntlet Match

AEW recently announced that current AEW Women’s World Champion “The Glamour” Mariah May will be on guest commentary for the Women’s Casino Gauntlet match at tonight’s AEW Dynamite Maximum Carnage show in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Rey Fenix AEW Contract & Absence Status Update – Fenix’s Merchandise Removed from ShopAEW

As noted before, The Lucha Brothers’ Rey Fenix’s contract had been originally set to expire this past September. AEW recently added almost a full year’s worth of injury time to Fenix’s contract and currently have no plans to release him.

WrestleOps reported that all of Fenix’s merchandise was recently removed from AEW’s ShopAEW online store.

It is currently not known if this is an indication that AEW will be releasing Fenix soon nor if there was another reason for the pulled merchandise.

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