AEW Full Gear 2026 Could Be Affected By Grounded US Flights

Ramifications are set to be felt worldwide after all US flights were grounded under extraordinary circumstances yesterday, with the FAA reporting a telecommunications outage that halted every flight as a caution. This could also impact professional wrestling. 

AEW is hosting the Full Gear 2026 PPV, emanating from the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Arizona later today, and there is no guarantee that everyone makes the show. As noted by Bryan Alvarez of F4WOnline, not all of AEW’s wrestlers have yet made the trip to the show on the back of this week’s broadcast of Dynamite & Collision. 

“Regarding the FAA grounding all flights, many AEW wrestlers flew to the PPV straight from Dynamite, but others haven’t left yet and are stranded. The longer this goes the greater the likelihood of major delays and people not making it there at all. There are people who have been told this ground stop may not be lifted until 8 PM tonight which would be a disaster. WWE usually flies everyone to TV the day prior so SmackDown should be unaffected, but we are trying to find out more.”

Dave Meltzer in an F4WOnline 'Daily Update' followed up on this story and stated that while everyone was not yet in the area, it is currently expected for everyone to make it in time for Full Gear. This includes Bandido, who worked Arena Mexico yesterday.

It isn’t yet known who else could be missing from the advertised card, which features big showdowns such as Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship, Mercedes Mone vs. Marina Shafir for the AEW Women’s World Title, Adam Copeland challenging Kazuchika Okada for the AEW International Championship, and more. This wouldn't be the first time AEW have had to change their card in recent weeks, with reports noting that they needed to reshuffle Collision on the Jericho Cruise at the last minute.