Private planes and roadtrips: AEW goes above and beyond to get to Phoenix for Full Gear despite travel chaos
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) dropkicked a nationwide nightmare to make sure its talent and personnel made it to Phoenix for Full Gear on Saturday despite travel chaos that plagued millions across the U.S.
Key points
- "I think it was virtually impossible given how many flights of people who work in AEW have been canceled had I not dispatched the private planes to the three hub locations, I think it’s very unlikely everybody would have made it here.
- I think there probably would have been some changes to the main card." Adam Copeland, who battles Kazuchika Okada for the AEW International Championship, said it was "challenging" to get from the East Coast all the way to Phoenix.
- I would have, but I didn’t have the time." Mark Davis and Jake Doyle, the duo known as Davis and Doyle, will challenge for the AEW World Tag Team Championship against The Young Bucks.
AEW owner Tony Khan brought in some wrestlers and other workers on private planes just to make sure they were going to show up for the fans, who were expected to pack the Mortgage Matchup Center for one of the company’s top pay-per-views on the calendar.
Additional details
- Khan sent private planes at three "hub locations" to bring the wrestlers and other personnel to the Mortgage Matchup Center.
- Yesterday, as you can imagine, was a hectic day as it was for a lot of people with the flights grounded and that applied to all flights yesterday – private and public flights.
- The only thing that changed was the Tailgate Brawl – which will occur on the Full Gear pre-show.
- LIVE COVERAGE: THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED AFTER LONGEST NATIONWIDE GROUND STOP IN 25 YEARS ROCKS US AIRPORTS "But that was OK because I waited, got to hang out with Adam Copeland, which was pretty cool," he said.
- He told his wife he wasn’t going to drive all the way to Phoenix, but he would have if he had the time to make the 27-hour trip.
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