AEW’s final television setup before Full Gear hit a major logistical roadblock this week, as talent travel issues stemming from Chris Jericho’s latest cruise forced creative to scramble.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the joint broadcast of Dynamite and Collision on Wednesday at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, was heavily restructured on the fly.
Travel Delays From Miami to Utah
The scheduling crunch was triggered by the conclusion of Chris Jericho’s Seventh Cruise Of A Seventh Cruise aboard the Norwegian Jewel. The ship completed its round trip from Miami to Bimini, docking on the morning of Wednesday, November 11.
With several roster members participating in events on the cruise—including a live episode of Collision taped right on the ship—management faced an extremely tight window to get talent out of Miami and across the country to Salt Lake City.
- “A lot of the show was done on the fly and rearranged because they were having trouble getting the people from docking yesterday to get to Salt Lake City,” Meltzer reported.
- “And so I know that the show was rearranged literally at the last minute because they didn’t know who was going to make it on time and who wasn’t going to make it on time.”
Show Fallout and Final Stretch to Full Gear
Despite the backstage panic and uncertainty regarding arrival times, key talents like Mercedes Moné, Andrade, Tommaso Ciampa, Mike Bailey, and FTR managed to make the show, allowing advertised matches and segments to move forward.
The resulting joint broadcast ultimately stretched past its three-hour window to finalize the card for Saturday’s Full Gear pay-per-view in Phoenix, where Will Ospreay defends the AEW World Championship against Kyle Fletcher.
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