AEW Introduces New Safety Protocols

9/27/2023 1:22 PM

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AEW Introduces New Safety Protocols

AEW Introduces New Safety Protocols

September 27, 2023 1:22 PM
AEW Introduces New Safety Protocols

The right move?

AEW have updated their safety protocols as per Fightful Select.

Here is the list of moves/spots that no longer permitted:

  • Unprotected shots to the head
  • Shots to the back of the head
  • Buckle bombs/Blind moves backward into the turnbuckle
  • Fencing response/seizure sells
  • Spitting
  • Blood in the crowd (i.e., no bleeding while in the crowd and no throwing bloody gear, tape, or other objects in the crowd)
  • Weapons/projectiles in the crowd
  • Taking drinks or food from guests in the crowd
  • Physical contact with the crowd (e.g., wrestler holding opponent and allowing a fan to chop them)

Additionally, AEW have issued a second list of moves/spots that can’t be used without permission from the medical team and the producer/coach of the match:

  • Spots and bumps on the ring apron and outside
  • Table/ladder/chair spots in and out of the ring (Only allowed with padding)
  • Any elevated spots outside of the barricades (dives and ladder spots on stage, around the arena, and other places outside of the ring)
  • All piledriver/tombstone variations, including sit-down drivers, inverted/poison hurricanrana and vertabreakers
  • High-risk dives or top rope moves (450, 630, double moonsaults, SSP, etc.)
  • Intentional bleeding (of any sort, not just blading)
  • Throwing people into/through/over ring steps, commentary table, bell table, or guardrails/barricades
  • Weapon usage: Chairs, pipes, kendo sticks, hammers, ring bells, bats, chains, etc. Title belts. Thumbtacks, skewers, barbed wire, and other sharp/puncturing objects. Powders, aerosol sprays, or liquids
  • Throwing any weapons or objects: chairs, etc.
  • Choking/strangling with hands or a weapon or hanging spots
  • Injury spots or angles, whether or not medical is involved/called to the ring
  • Any physicality in the crowd or crowd brawling
  • Any physicality involving referees, managers, extras, celebrities, or special guests

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