Within the construct as much as All Elite Wrestling’s Dynasty pay-per-view on April 6, many fans assumed that the Murder Machines, Brian Cage and Lance Archer, could be those to challenge for the AEW Tag Team Championships. Nonetheless, those plans were modified as a consequence of the news that Cage had suffered a legitimate knee injury while at an independent event, causing Big Bill and Bryan Keith to be inserted of their place. Dave Meltzer, the person who originally broke the story about Cage’s injury, corrected himself on a recent episode of “Wrestling Observer Radio” as he revealed that Cage’s knee was actually superb, but that it was a unique injury that he suffered.
“Brian Cage tore his quad [so it’s] not knee surgery. That sucks, he will be out for some time, a torn quad he ain’t going to be back that quick.” The injury to Cage not only forced AEW to alter their plans for the AEW Tag Team Championship scene, nevertheless it also meant that Cage missed the “Mecca X: Beynifit for Bey” event on March 22, an event hosted by Future Stars of Wrestling that was dedicated to TNA star Chris Bey, who made his first wrestling related appearance since being briefly paralyzed in October 2024.
Cage has had quite a few problems with injury throughout his AEW profession, with the previous FTW Champion suffering a back injury through the first episode of “AEW Dynamite” of 2024, one which he was in a position to work through. Most famously, AEW President Tony Khan actually signed Cage back in 2020 while he was still recovering from a bicep injury, eventually debuting at that yr’s Double or Nothing pay-per-view, 4 months after he had reportedly signed with the corporate.
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