Cody appeared on Busted Open Radio recently to detail all the safety precautions All Elite Wrestling took at their television tapings. AEW recently taped what is reported to be months worth of television in Florida and Georgia.
Speaking of how the plan was developed, Cody stated that he spoke with Doctor Sampson, who created guidelines everyone had to follow in order for the events to go forward. Among the precautions the company and their talent took was being quarantined in a hotel so they could keep the numbers under 10 in the arena, sanitizing steering wheels and ropes, getting temperatures taken, and quarantine questions.
Below is a transcript of what Cody said, courtesy of Fightful:
“When we first started, Brandi was adamant that we have a medical team. I rarely swing by the trainer’s room but we also have a physio team. All the perks of a high-end wrestling company. She picked out Doc Sampson, who is famous for saving Jerry Lawler’s life after his heart attack. He does not take shit from anybody. He set in a really rigorous amount of guidelines and everyone was able to follow them. You’re quarantined in a hotel so we can keep the numbers under ten at the actual arena and then you’re sanitizing a car steering wheel, the ropes are being sanitized, you’re getting your temperature checked, you’re getting quarantine questions a page long. You had to limit the people who are older individuals or people with immune illnesses of some kind, they can’t be present because we don’t want to put them in any risk, so we’re doing interviews remotely. It’s been an extreme challenge, but I wanted to be able to answer all challenges. Certain people really stepped up. Tony Khan more than anybody.”