The AEW Dynasty match card was altered after Kyle Fletcher’s injury and Toni Storm’s abrupt absence.
During AEW Dynasty Post Show Media Scrum, Tony Khan discussed the last-minute changes to the card. He compared it to adjustments made for Forbidden Door 2022 which subsequently occurred after Double or nothing that year. For Dynasty, Khan confirmed Fletcher and Storm were definite names to be involved before their injuries.
“Now, many of the matches were the same, but there were several changes to the card. There are people out that 100% would have been involved. One great example would be the former TNT champion Kyle Fletcher, who was out injured that happened a few weeks ago, who 100% I would have 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 have both been a big part of it. They’re both a huge part of AEW, and anytime I can have Kyle Fletcher, The Protostar, or ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm involved in an AEW event, it’s very important. So coming out of Revolution, I expected them to each be in matches on the show. So there’s more, and there’s other changes. Then, when you make changes like that, it leads to other changes. But I’m very proud. I think that we became uniquely conditioned during the pandemic period to make changes to a pro wrestling show.”
On the March 18 edition of Dynamite, Storm was scheduled to face Marina Shafir in a No Holds Barred Match. However, before the show, Storm was found laid out in a pool of blood backstage forcing Mina Shirakawa to take her place. There is no reported reason for her sudden absence and she is expected to be out of in-ring action for an undisclosed time period.
Nearly ten days later, Fletcher suffered a meniscus injury in his tag team match with Mark Davis against The Rascalz. He had to vacate his AEW TNT Championship for which a 10-man Casino Gauntlet Match transpired at Dynasty. Kevin Knight won the bout marking his first singles title win in the promotion.
