AEW’s Max Caster to miss indie event following global IT outage
An IT outage that caused global disruptions on Friday is also impacting the world of professional wrestling.
The mass IT outage was caused by a faulty tech update from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike. It disrupted air travel on Friday with airlines now working to get back on schedule. AEW wrestler Max Caster was supposed to appear for Defy Wrestling at their For the Glory show in Seattle tonight, but he sent out a video on social media announcing that he’s unable to make it. Caster’s tag team partner Anthony Bowens will still be at the show.
“Big disaster at the airport today. We were working all morning, all afternoon, trying to get me a new flight from New York to Seattle to come wrestle and to come meet the fans. And we were just not able to do it,” Caster said. “All the airlines were just not operating correctly today. Not their fault and not Defy’s fault. I really wish I was there.”
Caster apologized to the fans and promised that he’ll come back to Defy and make it up to everyone.
The Acclaimed (Caster & Bowens) were scheduled to face Midnight Heat (Eddie Pearl & Ricky Gibson) at the show.
Game Changer Wrestling promoter Brett Lauderdale posted that this was also a bad travel day for GCW with flight delays and cancellations. Changes will have to be made to the card for GCW’s So High event in St. Louis tonight.
WWE wrestler Chelsea Green tweeted that she spent eight hours at the Atlanta airport today but was finally able to get on a flight to tonight’s SmackDown in Omaha, Nebraska.