AEW: Backstage Update on HOOK Being Pulled from AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru Show Over Storyline Injury Attack, PAC Ankle-related Injury Update, More News

Backstage Update on HOOK Being Pulled from AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru Show Over Storyline Injury Attack – HOOK Reportedly Dealing with Real Physical Issue

As noted before, HOOK was pulled from this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show in Boston, Massachusetts due to a storyline injury from an unseen attack by the Death Riders.

Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that the reason why HOOK was pulled from the show was due to him currently dealing with a real physical issue. No other details reportedly are currently known about HOOK’s health status.

It was reported that Powerhouse Hobbs was informed this past Tuesday that he would be replacing HOOK for The Opps’ match against the Death Riders for the AEW World Trios Championship on the show.

It was also reported that the title change was something AEW officials had planned for the show well before HOOK’s situation arose and not as a result of it.

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PAC Ankle-Relate Injury Status Update

As noted before, PAC suffered an ankle-related injury during his match against Swerve Strickland on the April 9th AEW Dynamite show in Baltimore, Maryland. AEW announced afterwards that PAC had vacated his AEW World Trios Championship and Jon Moxley would be replacing him as the Interim AEW World Trios Champion for the Death Riders’ title defense at this past Wednesday’s Dynamite Spring BreakThru show.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that there has been no new details regarding PAC’s injury situation based on his sources.

Meltzer reported that AEW officials had believed that PAC’s injury was serious when it happened but there has not been any word on what the MRI test showed. Meltzer also reported that there was talk within AEW during this week that PAC would be out of action for four months but that was just a preliminary expectation.

Fightful Select reported that their sources also did not provide any new details regarding PAC’s injury status. It was reported that there is currently no clear timeline yet for PAC’s return from his injury.

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AEW News & Notes

Saturday’s AEW Collision show in Boston, Massachusetts featured RUSH competing in a Trios match with fellow LFI members Dralistico and The Beast Mortos against a team of enhancement talent, which was won by LFI. This was RUSH’s first appearance in AEW since this past February.

Peacock recently released a new trailer for the upcoming second season of their Twisted Metal series announcing that the new season will be premiering on July 31st on their service. This series featured Samoa Joe portraying the physical role of Sweet Tooth.

In a recent Q&A article, PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that the reason for EJ Nduka’s recent abscense and him no longer teaming up with Lee Johnson in AEW and ROH is not due to any injury-related issue. Johnson reported that AEW officials simply made a creative shift in their plans for Johnson and Nduka as a team and decided to replace Nduka with Blake Christian.

Fightful Select also reported that their sources stated that AEW officials reportedly were very pleased with how this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show played out despite the unexpected change made due to HOOK’s situation.

As noted before, former TNA talent Josh Alexander made his official debut for AEW at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show in Boston. Fightful Select reported that their sources stated that Alexander had come to terms for an official contract with AEW this past February. AEW officials reportedly had resolved his situation in the interim and paving the way for his arrival in the company.

Jade Chung, former TNA ring announcer and wife of Josh Alexander, reportedly was in attendance backstage at this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show in Boston, according to Fightful Select.

AEW CEO Tony Khan recently reflected on Twitter about this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Spring BreakThru show being one of AEW’s best ever shows and thanked everyone who watched it. Khan stated “Thank you all who watched Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite last night! I thought that SpringBreakThru Dynamite was one of AEW’s best shows, + excited to see you live TONIGHT! We’re back at 8pm ET/7pm CT on TNT + Max just hours from NOW at a special Thursday #AEWCollision! TONIGHT!“

In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated’s The Takedown on SI, AEW CEO Tony Khan gave his thoughts about the criticism from fans and former talents have had about his booking over the years and how he listens to feedback from a lot of people. Khan stated “I do like to listen to feedback from lots of people across pro wrestling, and especially if it’s constructive, it can be really helpful. I think there’s a lot of times where you hear somebody say something, and they say, ‘oh, why didn’t they do it this way? Or ‘instead of going from point A to point B and then to point C, you know, maybe off in between point and point B, they could have added this,’ and so maybe there’s a good idea there they can use in the future. I really do love hearing feedback from all kinds of people, from people in wrestling, wrestlers, people who work in wrestling in the production side or both, and fans. Fans that I’ve never been backstage at a show in their lives, but just love wrestling and watch it a lot, and they have great ideas… I had never been backstage at a wrestling show until I was in my 30s. And I just grew up watching it and loving it and following it and, you know, trading tapes and talking about it. So there’s a lot of different places and a lot of different ways that you can get an idea about wrestling or that you can contribute. I just think it’s really neat that there’s people from literally all over the world in hundreds of countries that follow the same sport and can share ideas and talk with each other. It’s really cool.“