AEW: Bandido Suffered Injury Rehab Setback, Matt Hardy Frustrated Over Hardys Booking in AEW, Full Gear 2023 PPV Buys Update

Dec 1, 2023

Bandido Broken Wrist Injury Update – Bandido Suffered Setback in Injury Rehab

As noted before, Bandido has been out of action for AEW since this past June due to a broken wrist injury.

Bandido recently provided an update on Twitter stating that he recently suffered a setback on his recovery from his broken wrist injury. Bandido also stated that as a result of this setback, he will now likely need to undergo another surgery to fix his wrist.

“Hello everyone!! I’m not fine! My wrist still bad and I thought this was the last part of my recovery! I have three options to fix my wrist, two of them need surgery again. the other way is with physiotherapy but we need to wait and see how the wrist responds.
I feel very bad because I just started my new chapter in AEW and now I don’t have clean how long time it will take outside to the ring. I’m very sorry with the company and the fans who still supporting me in this bad time.
I’m trying to do my best in this hard time of my life and I hope see you All as soon as possible thank you very much for all your love.
Bandido.

Matt Hardy Comments on His Frustrations Over The Hardys Booking in AEW

A recent episode of The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy podcast featured co-host Matt Hardy’s thoughts about his current frustrations over his and his brother Jeff’s booking and usage in AEW over the past several months.

“I feel like there is such a great spot for us at AEW if we’re just utilized in the correct way and we’ve just got to get there. There’s a huge fanbase that wants to see us and we’re beloved. Sure, we’re not Matt & Jeff Hardy of 1999 and 2000 but there is so much we can do to help young guys continue to come up and also give our rub-off to these young guys, but we just need to be utilized in the right way. And we hope we can get there, we feel like we’re taking steps in the correct direction now.
Creatively, just the way we’ve been utilized the last four months, it’s been very frustrating. We’ve been very patient but there has been a lot of frustration (with) things we’ve done, and kind of how we’ve been utilized in some ways.”

Hardy also stated that a potential heel turn for The Hardys and adopting a new more aggressive style is something that he is currently interested in doing “to get back to where we want to be” in the company.

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

Update on Current Estimates for AEW Full Gear 2023 PPV Buys

As noted before, AEW’s Full Gear 2023 event this past November in Los Angeles, California is estimated to have generated around 122,000 to 140,000 pay-per-view buys.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the PPV buys for AEW’s Full Gear 2023 event is currently around 31.2% higher than this past October’s WrestleDream event based on current data and estimates.

In regards to breakdowns, Meltzer reported that streaming buys were not up that much compared to WrestleDream for the same time period. Meltzer also reported that Full Gear had an increase of 36.3% in late buys from week one to week two but some of that increase could be due to slow reporting issues from providers related to last week’s Thanksgiving holiday.

Meltzer reported that based on the current data and estimates, AEW is currently estimated to have generated around 135,000 PPV buys for their Full Gear 2023 event.

In regards to comparisons with last year’s event, Meltzer reported that this year’s Full Gear event was way down in terms of cable television PPV numbers compared to last year’s event.