Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that AEW is sending charter flights to pick up a handful of wrestlers. After flights were grounded across the United States on Friday, the wrestlers are still not in Phoenix, Arizona, ahead of tonight’s Full Gear.
“There are a handful of AEW wrestlers that still haven’t made it to Full Gear, but charters are being sent to pick them up.”
Alvarez did not reveal the names of the wrestlers involved. However, the main event does not rely on the charter flights. According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp, most of the top stars on the card are already in Phoenix, including AEW World Champion Will Ospreay and challenger Kyle Fletcher.
Bandido was one of the wrestlers still not in Phoenix on Friday because he was booked at Arena Mexico for CMLL the same night and would have to fly out after the show. Dave Meltzer said it shouldn’t be an issue. Bandido will defend the AEW World Trios Championship alongside Hangman Page and Brody King in a Texas Death Match against Swerve Strickland and The New Level.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stopped all flights departing the United States at 3:54 p.m. ET on Friday due to a communications failure in air traffic control.
The FAA allowed flights to resume four hours and 21 minutes later, at 8:15 p.m. ET, but delays and cancellations continued.