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The February 21st 2024 edition of AEW Dynamite described as being “very chaotic” backstage

Aaron Rift

Just prior to the February 21st 2024 edition of AEW Dynamite, AEW President Tony Khan alluded to the show’s booking plans being “hectic” with the following message via Twitter/X…

“This has been one of the most hectic weeks for injuries + unexpected unavailability that I can recall in @AEW, especially since the pandemic era.”

While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com discussed the situation…

“Sting was supposed to be on the show but his father died, so that’s why Ric Flair was there, because Sting was supposed to be there. There were a couple of other people. Jeff Hardy was supposed to be on the show in a key role. One of the reasons that so little was announced was because they didn’t know if Sting would be able to come, Jeff Hardy, and Trent Beretta was supposed to do a singles match with Orange Cassidy – I have no idea why but it had been built up. Not announced because they announced that Trent Beretta was injured, and they had done an injury thing on the show, but he was actually ill and they were waiting until basically today, and that’s when they put Mike Bennett in that spot.”

“I was told that it was very chaotic backstage, and the reason they didn’t announce anything is because so much of what they wanted to do, they didn’t know if they’d be able to do, so they didn’t want to false advertise. That’s why so little was advertised compared to most, and the show had a disorganized feeling – because it really was.” (quotes courtesy of WrestleTalk.com)