Last night at AEW Fyter Fest, Cody took a chair shot to the head delivered by Shawn Spears. Cody and Darby Allin had just wrestled to a 20-minute draw when Spears appeared in the ring and delivered the blow. After the match, AEW would later Tweet that it took 12 staples to close the wound but Cody did not suffer a concussion.
In a post-event media scrum, AEW President Tony Khan explained that the chairshot to the head was a mistake.
“We called the doctor immediately, it was obviously really regrettable what happened,” Khan said. “I don’t know if this is the time to go into what happened but we had taken precautions in this situation – in that specific situation. A doctor was available and Cody does not have a concussion, he has staples, and we’re all very grateful for that.”
Nick Jackson On Cody’s Chairshot To The Head
During his post-event media scrum, Nick Jackson insinuated the
“You think it was unprotected,” Nick said. “I’ll just leave it at that.”
Tony Khan On Differences Between TV and Streaming Show
Khan would also stress that such violence won’t be apart of AEW TV when it begins in the fall.
“No, definitely not. This was not TV, it was a streaming show,” Khan said when asked if the hardcore wrestling at Fyter Fest would be part of AEW TV in the fall. “It was effectively a PPV in a lot of the world. In the US, it was presented free, but this was a PPV. You can expect different rules for PPV and we said going in these are non-sanctioned hardcore matches.”
“We wouldn’t have offered that on TNT, a 100% no,” Khan stressed.
Khan also addressed time limits, issues related to production, and more:
