AEW: Kyle Fletcher Knee Injury Update, Update on Mick Foley’s Status for 5/27 AEW Dynamite & Collision Show, Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida in Philly Street Fight Match Set for 5/27 AEW Dynamite & Collision Show

Kyle Fletcher Knee Injury Update

As noted before, this past Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing 2026 event in Queens, New York featured Kyle Fletcher making his surprise return from injury and attacked Konosuke Takeshita to kick him out of the Don Callis Family. Prior to his return, Fletcher had been out of action since this past March due to a knee-related injury.

Fletcher recently released a new vlog on his official YouTube channel. One of the topics discussed included Fletcher revealing that he did not require surgery for his knee and was able to heal it normally for his recovery.

“I don’t have to have surgery. Awesome news. I was given initially 90 percent chance of surgery. No surgery required. Just healing.”

Fletcher also stated that he was cleared for in-ring training on May 15th and he was cleared to wrestle by his physical therapist shortly after which allowed him to begin the process of being officially cleared by AEW doctors.

Fletcher also gave his thoughts about his surprise return at Double or Nothing 2026.

“We’re back on the job. All of a sudden, it’s just — I’m back to being on the road, back to my old life. It’s very exciting. It feels like a chapter has closed today, and now I get to look forward. Bright horizons, happy days ahead. I get to go back to living my dream, loving life, traveling the world, and dropping people on their f***ing heads, which I love to do.”

Transcript h/t: F4WOnline.com

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Update on Mick Foley’s Status for 5/27 AEW Dynamite & Collision Show

As noted before, this past Sunday’s AEW Double or Nothing 2026 event in Queens, New York featured WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley making his official debut appearance in AEW. Foley worked as a guest host alongside Renee Paquette for the Buy In Pre-show and got involved in an in-ring angle with MJF and Darby Allin.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that Foley is not scheduled to make an appearance at this Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and Collision three-hour show in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania due to a “pre-existing responsibility” that he currently has locked inbefore he signed with AEW.

Johnson reported that those spoken to stated that Foley is currently expected to be a regular part of AEW programming going forward.

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Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida in Philly Street Fight Match Annoucned for May 27th AEW Dynamite & Collision Show

AEW announced one new match for the card of this Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and Collision three-hour show at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This new match announced was a Philly Street Fight match of Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida.

This new match was setup following Statlander issuing a challenge to Shida after their issues with each other during the AEW Women’s World Championship Four-way match at Double or Nothing 2026 and Shida accepting it.

"Shida, when I got cracked from behind with that kendo stick, I knew it was you."@callmekrisstat issues a challenge to @shidahikaru for a match on Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite from Philadelphia.

Will Shida accept? pic.twitter.com/ia0GbPeb7Q

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 26, 2026

"Stat, I've been really patient with you, but now my patience has run out."@shidahikaru responds to @callmekrisstat's challenge for a Philly Street Fight when Wednesday Night #AEWDynamite is LIVE from Philadelphia, TOMORROW NIGHT! pic.twitter.com/lBtLuuYd4b

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) May 26, 2026

Current card for May 27th AEW Dynamite & Collision show:

• Philly Street Fight match – Kris Statlander vs. Hikaru Shida