At the start of the All Out Media Scrum on Saturday, AEW CEO and President Tony Khan commented on the injury Matt Hardy suffered during the Broken Rules Match.
Khan said that the health and safety of the wrestlers is the most important thing in AEW.
Khan said he personally stopped Matt Hardy’s match and rang the bell to pause the match.
He said the reason he let the match continue is because Matt passed a concussion protocol, which is why Dr. Michael Sampson cleared him to continue to wrestle.
Khan said it was a scary moment and not something that anyone enjoyed.
Khan emphasized that it had appeared Matt is ok, and that he was sent to the hospital as a precaution, and that he said that he spoke to Matt after the match, and when he was at the hospital, and that he appears to be ok.
During the Broken Rules Match against Sammy Guevara, Guevara gave Hardy a spear off a scissor lift. Hardy crashed through some tables below, but overshot and smacked the back of his head on the concrete. Hardy appeared to be unconscious for a few moments, tried to get up, and could not regain his balance.
Referee Aubrey Edwards threw up the “X” sign to indicate a legitimate injury. Dr. Michael Sampson checked on Hardy and the match was initially stopped. However, it would soon restart. A dazed Hardy and Guevara would brawl into Daily’s Place and quickly go to the finish, which was Guevara falling off a scaffold through a crash pad.
Be sure to check out Wrestleview Editor-in-Chief Mike Tedesco’s reaction on AEW allowing Matt Hardy to continue in the match.