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A lot of the three-hour AEW Dynamite and Collision show on November 11 was put together on the fly, because talent coming off Chris Jericho’s cruise had trouble getting to Utah in time.
According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the travel problems left AEW rearranging the show at the last minute.
“A lot of the show was done on the fly and rearranged because they were having trouble with getting the people from docking yesterday to get to Salt Lake City,” Meltzer said. “So they docked in Miami and they had to get them to Salt Lake City. There were issues in that. 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 in time.”
Meltzer did not say which wrestlers were held up by the travel, or which plans AEW was forced to change.
The show still went ahead at the Maverik Center in West Valley City, Utah, as the final show before Full Gear on Saturday, November 14 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Several wrestlers who had been on the Jericho Cruise still made it to the show. That list includes AEW Women’s World Champion Mercedes Mone, Andrade El Idolo, The Cut, the Death Riders, Persephone, FTR, the Motor City Machine Guns, Speedball Mike Bailey, AEW National Champion Tommaso Ciampa, Blake Christian, and TBS Champion Queen Aminata.
All of the matches AEW advertised in the days leading up to the show happened as planned. The Motor City Machine Guns beat FTR in the fifth match of their best-of-five series, and Marina Shafir made Mone tap out in the mixed tag team match.
What is confirmed is that the show was rearranged late because of the cruise travel. What is not confirmed is which matches or segments were changed, or who nearly missed the show.
Source: Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio (via Wrestling Inc)
https://www.wrestlinginc.com/2315296/jericho-cruise-led-hasty-booking-aew-dynamite-collision/
