AEW Dynamite was heavily affected by the Hurricane in Florida.
As made public by Tony Khan this week, those who lived in the area were not required to attend tonight's AEW Dynamite in Philadelphia. Grapsody's Will Washingston learned a couple of those absences that led to big changes on the show.
Former AEW World Tag Team Champion Swerve Strickland was scheduled to be at the show, but couldn't travel to the event. His tag team partner Keith Lee was solo, working in a backstage segment with The Acclaimed.
Another name that was scheduled for the show, who couldn't make it was Samoa Joe. On an ROH-heavy show from Philadelphia, the ROH TV Champion was slated to be at the event.
As Will Washington also noted, there were not Swerve & Lee vs. WardJoe plans in effect.
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