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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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