Tony Khan has revealed original plans for 9/30 Dynamite.
The wrestling world was shaken by the passing of Benjamin Satterley, aka Pac, on September 27. Tributes started pouring in as soon as the news became public and AEW honored the late star in multiple ways. This included dedicating the September 30 Dynamite to his memory. The show saw names such as Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson competing despite not being originally planned for it and Mercedes Mone returning to the ring while still dealing with a broken nose.
During the WrestleDream post-show, the AEW President talked about the tribute episode. Tony Khan revealed that the episode was originally going to celebrate the 7-year anniversary of Wednesday Night Dynamite, before they changed the plans:
Recently we celebrated seven years of Wednesday Night Dynamite. I didn’t talk about it at all for an important reason. Because the show where we were gonna talk about this and it was gonna be the Seven-Year Anniversary Show, it was far more important to celebrate the life of PAC, and what would have been seven years of Wednesday Night Dynamite where we would have marked this, it wasn’t the most important milestone. What was way more important to celebrate was Ben’s life and all the great things he accomplished and to put on a show that celebrated his life and to encapsulate that in one night.
- Also Read: Pac’s Death Ruled to Be From Natural Causes
The inaugural episode of AEW Dynamite aired on TNT back on October 2, 2019. It was moved to TBS in January 2022. The show has completed 367 episodes of weekly television so far.
