On his What Happened When podcast, Tony Schiavone and co-host Conrad Thompson discussed the situation surrounding the tease of “backstage footage from All In” being aired on tonight’s AEW Dynamite.
A member of the commentary team for the show, Schiavone stated he has “no idea” what footage is being aired, adding some clarification on what the broadcast team is privy to regarding angles:
“I don’t know if it’s an angle. I don’t know what it is. I said what I said on Collision. I was told what to say, I said it. I have no idea where we’re going. As announcers, I’m telling you this, we know the matches, but we have no idea what direction we’re going in anything until we get to the show that night. We really don’t, and sometimes, we don’t know until we’re told in our headset as things are progressing.
It’s always been that way, as far as being told things in our headset. It’s not necessarily just for AEW. Things were like that with the Crocketts, things were like that in WCW. Boy, were they. Things were like that in WWE. Sometimes, announcers are told things, and sometimes they’re not, and sometimes we like things not to be told to us. I love things not to be told to me.”
The Young Bucks, who are advertised as discussing the footage, have explicitly stated they are “not trolling,” and Tony Khan has assured that the footage is real.
Source: Fightful
Coverage of tonight’s AEW Dynamite begins at 8 p.m. Eastern here on Wrestleview.