PAC suffers possible injury on AEW Dynamite
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The first time ever match between former AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland and reigning AEW Trios Champion PAC as part of Wednesday’s Dynamite appeared to end early due to an apparent right foot injury by PAC.
Strickland hit a buckle bomb on PAC in the corner (seen below) which was followed by PAC nearly immediately favoring his right ankle/foot/Achilles area. Strickland flipped him out of the corner and hit a second rope elbow which was followed by him grabbing his right heel as the referee checked on him.
Strickland then choked him with his boot before PAC rolled to the outside of the ring where he was checked by AEW’s Doc Sampson. Strickland remained in the ring with the camera focused tightly on him.
PAC was helped up by Samson, said something to the referee, and slowly got back into the ring. He struggled to stand up while not putting any weight on the injured foot and was immediately hit by a superkick. Strickland then hit his Swerve Stomp off the top rope for the win.
PAC did not come out at the end of the show when his Death Riders teammates Wheeler Yuta and Claudio Castagnoli lost to Samoa Joe and Hook followed by a post-match angle.
PAC was out of action from late-July 2023 through March 2024 with an undisclosed injury. Before that, he was out from March to July of 2023 due to getting a nose injury fixed, wrestling just three matches.