Major Changes Made To Last Night's AEW Dynamite

Backstage notes on understandable changes made to AEW Dynamite last night.

AEW Dynamite set
AEW

Last night's episode of AEW Dynamite did not air as originally intended.

Following on from Tuesday, when company founder and CEO Tony Khan granted any personnel worried about the impact of Hurricane Ian the week off, Fightful's Will Washington tweeted on Wednesday that several Florida-based wrestlers wouldn't be at that night's tapings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:-

Fightful Select has since revealed that Swerve Strickland and Samoa Joe were amongst the wrestlers who couldn't get to last night's Dynamite/Rampage tapings. Swerve's absence meant that his tag team partner Keith Lee had to work a backstage segment with The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn on his own. Joe, meanwhile, was pencilled in to be involved in a broadcast leaning heavily on Ring Of Honor, reigning, as he does, as the brand's Television Champion.

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While there's no word on specific changes that had to be made to Dynamite as a result of these absences, Fightful note that a follow-up is forthcoming.

Hurricane Ian made landfall in the United States yesterday, with its impact leaving around 2 million people without power in Florida.

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We wish any of our readers impacted by Hurricane Ian well as the storm continues.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.