AEW Fined by Maryland State Athletic Commission

If you recall, AEW was being investigated by the Maryland State Athletic Commission for possible blading during the main event of Full Gear. Jon Moxley was accused of blading in his match against Kenny Omega.

At the time, Dave Meltzer had the following to say in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter

“Former WCW announcer Chris Cruise contacted the Maryland State Athletic Commission regarding the Omega vs. Jon Moxley I Quit match at the Full Gear PPV show on 11/9. He asked about commission rules on blading, and allowing matches to continue if a performer is bleeding either intentionally or unintentionally and if there was a commission doctor at the show. After repeated requests, he was told that the commission prohibits wrestlers from deliberately lacerating themselves or their opponents, or introducing human or animal blood into the match, none of which happened in that match. The commission noted that they were at the match and there was a doctor assigned to the show. The commission also stated they were conducting a formal investigation into the match and thus, since the investigation is ongoing, they can’t comment on questions regarding the match. I’m not sure what the investigation would be on.”

Today, Chris Cruise posted on Facebook that AEW was actually fined $10,000 for the incident. David Bixenspan posted the full account on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/davidbix/status/1258181406276096000?s=20

Basically, Maryland says no one should purposefully bleed during a pro wrestling match. AEW broke the rules. They got fined.

If they go back to Maryland, they’ll need to make sure this doesn’t happen again. If it does, they could get banned. However, it most likely won’t. However, we’ll just have to see.

• Full Gear
• Jon Moxley
• Kenny Omega
• AEW

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