Tony Khan Confirms AEW Dynasty Creative Changes

Injuries are an unfortunate part of the pro wrestling business, and sometimes they come at the worst time. In turn, those injuries can have huge effects on planned matches and storylines, which can affect the rest of the roster. AEW Dynasty was altered by two major injuries, and a wrestler suffered an injury during a title match. During the Dynasty media scrum, Tony Khan spoke offered details on the situation. 

"I think tonight was the most changes I've had in a pay-per-view cycle since the original Forbidden Door," Khan said. "The original Forbidden Door, we were coming out of Double or Nothing 2022 and I had the card planned, and I felt so great about it. ... It turned into an amazing pay-per-view but ... very different than what I had planned." He then switched gears to talk about Dynasty.

"Many of the matches were the same, but there were several changes to the card. There are people out that 100% would've been involved. One great example would be the former TNT Champion, Kyle Fletcher ... who 100% I would've had involved in AEW Dynasty. Also, 'Timeless' Toni Storm. And I made many changes to this pay-per-view over the last few weeks. They would've both been a big part of it. They're both a huge part of AEW."

Khan mentioned that changes like that led to other ramifications, and according to reports, Kazuchika Okada was affected. He ended up teaming with Konosuke Takeshita against the Young Bucks. According to Fightful Select, the original plan was for Takeshita to team with Fletcher while Okada defended the International Championship, but Okada instead defended his title the night before on "Collision" against Myron Reed. 

During the Trios Championship match on Dynasty, Gabe Kidd was injured. The Conglomeration was already planned to defeat The Dogs at Dynasty. There is currently no timetable for Kidd's return.