AEW CEO Tony Khan provided the first official AEW update on Gabe Kidd’s injury status at the AEW Dynasty post-show press conference in Vancouver on Sunday night, and the news is not great for The Dogs.
Kidd was injured during The Dogs’ AEW World Trios Championship defense against The Conglomeration (Orange Cassidy, Roderick Strong, and surprise returnee Kyle O’Reilly), and was escorted to the back by AEW medical personnel midway through the match. The Conglomeration went on to win the titles with O’Reilly, making his first appearance back from a months long neck injury, submitting Clark Connors for the finish.
Tony Khan’s update
Speaking at the press conference alongside the new AEW World Trios Champions, Khan was asked by David Portman of the Poison Rana Podcast about Kidd’s status. The AEW CEO’s response:
“Gabe is out indefinitely. He’s injured. It’s a shoulder injury. We’ll be evaluating him. So I can’t say for sure what the injury is, but the doctors are evaluating Gabe for an injury.”
How The Conglomeration handled the spot
Kyle O’Reilly addressed the mid-match change at the press conference, acknowledging that his team had to adjust on the fly.
“Then I was thinking in my head, all right, there’s only two of them. Now, if we don’t do this, Roddy’s gonna beat me up and never let me hear the end of it, like this was the perfect opportunity.”
Orange Cassidy added, “But we did it, right? We did it.”
AEW Dynamite this Wednesday April 15 comes from the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington at 8 PM ET on TBS and HBO Max as part of the Spring BreakThru anniversary celebration. Tony Khan has already announced MJF defending the AEW World Championship against Darby Allin and Kevin Knight defending the TNT Championship against Claudio Castagnoli for the show.
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