Update On Bobby Fish’s AEW Contract Status
According to PWInsider, it as been confirmed Bobby Fish’s contract with AEW ended on August 31. We reported on Wednesday that per Fightful Select, Fish’s contract was not being renewed, and that he would be finishing up with the company.
ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez Injured
AEW CEO and President Tony Khan revealed during a media call on Thursday that current ROH Women’s Champion Mercedes Martinez is out of action with an undisclosed injury.
Martinez last wrestled back on July 24 for Northeast Wrestling. Her last match on TV was at ROH Death Before Dishonor, where she successfully defended the ROH Women’s World Championship against Serena Deeb.
Fozzy’s “Save The World Tour” Postponed
Fozzy has announced the band has delayed the start of their “Save The World Tour”, due to Chris Jericho suffering a severely bruised larynx at the AEW Quake By The Lake special on August 10. Jericho was unsuccessful in capturing the Interim World Title from Jon Moxley that night.
Jericho is scheduled square off against Bryan Danielson this Sunday at the All Out pay-per-view.
Fozzy released a statement on Thursday announcing the band is delaying the start of their tour to September 29. The tour was originally scheduled to start on Thursday, September 8 in Columbus, OH. All postponed shows have been pushed back to the spring of 2023.
You can read the full statement from Fozzy below:
“On August 10th during the Quake By The Lake AEW event in Minneapolis, Chris suffered a throat injury that left him with a severely bruised larynx. Unfortunately, even though the injury is healing and is NOT permanent, Chris hasn’t fully recovered and his laryngologist has recommended that Fozzy postpone the first two weeks of the Save The World tour (scheduled to start in Columbus on Sept 8) in order to facilitate a full recovery as soon as possible. The postponed shows have been moved to the Spring of 2023. The rescheduled dates can be found at www.FOZZYROCK.com All tickets remain valid. The next leg of the Save The World tour will now start on September 29 in Charlotte. Fozzy appreciates each and every one of you and we can’t wait to rock with you again at FULL STRENGTH very soon!! – Chris, Rich, Billy, PJ & Grant,”