Several AEW Wrestlers To Miss Dynamite After Getting COVID-19

Here's who WON'T be in the house for this week's AEW Dynamite debut on TBS...

by Andy H Murray
Young Bucks Brandon Cutler
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AEW Dynamite officially debuts on TBS tonight, though the show will be without The Young Bucks and Brandon Cutler.

Cutler and Matt Jackson have both tested positive for COVID-19. As a close contact of his brother, Nick Jackson will also have to miss the show, having recently spent 18 hours with the duo.

Bryan Alvarez of Figure Four Online/The Wrestling Observer confirmed the positive tests on Tuesday. The Young Bucks, meanwhile, announced that Matt has COVID in the most Young Bucks way imaginable: by updating their Twitter bio.

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Nick battled COVID for several months in 2020, having claimed that he was bed-ridden for three weeks and lost his senses of taste and smell for more than two months. Here's hoping that Matt and Cutler's cases aren't severe - and that both are able to mount full recoveries before long.

From a logistical standpoint, the bright side of this is that neither Matt nor Cutler were booked to compete on this week's episode of Dynamite. This should prevent a widescale card reshuffle, despite the ongoing storyline with The Elite, Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly following Kenny Omega's injury-related hiatus.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. 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.