AEW Star Pulled From Show Due To Injury

An absent AEW star has been pulled from an independent show due to injury.

On the October 10 Title Tuesday edition of AEW Dynamite, Orange Cassidy defeated Rey Fenix to win the AEW International Championship. Since then, Fenix has been absent from AEW programming.

At the time of his initial loss, Fightful Select reported that sources close to Fenix say that he was facing visa issues that required him to be out of action. However, there may be another reason for the former AEW World Tag Team Champion’s absence.

On December 19, Prestige Wrestling announced that Rey Fenix will be replaced by Lio Rush in his scheduled match against Samuray Del Sol on their January 5 show in Portland. The post reads:

BREAKING NEWS

Due to an injury REY FENIX cannot compete…

SAMURAY DEL SOL will now face LIO RUSH at #PrestigeRoseland 7!

January 5th, 2024
Portland, Oregon
Roseland Theater
All Ages

Limited floor & balcony tickets still available!

http://prestigewrestling.net

This change to the card is due to Fenix being out with an injury that he suffered in his AEW International Championship match against Jon Moxley from Grand Slam 2023.

On October 2, Fenix took to his Instagram to reveal that he has been dealing with “an old injury” since then. He wrote:

The international championship has been a big challenge.

The night I became champion, I left the arena with the championship in my hands and with an old injury bothering me again. My first defense was painful, it did not allow the pain to stop me and continue until the fight was over, this coming Wednesday will be my second defense and I am doing my best to enter that ring and retain the champion.

I will defend this beautiful championship in any situation, a Luchador does not give up, a Luchador will always leave everything in every battle. I am a real Luchador and the man of a thousand lives, nothing and no one is going to stop me.

WrestleTalk would like to wish Rey Fenix a speedy and healthy recovery.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨

Due to an injury REY FENIX cannot compete…

SAMURAY DEL SOL will now face LIO RUSH at #PrestigeRoseland 7!

January 5th, 2024
Portland, Oregon
Roseland Theater
All Ages

Limited floor & balcony tickets still available!

🎟 https://t.co/923RtPRI1t pic.twitter.com/zL7k9Ed4z2

— Prestige Wrestling (@WrestlePrestige) December 20, 2023

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