The global pandemic has continued to impact us for the past 14 months. The last AEW Dynamite in front of a life audience at full capacity was on March 11, 2020. Blood & Guts was originally scheduled to take place just two weeks later but was ultimately delayed for over a year (the event finally took place on May 5 the following year). AEW ran shows out of QT Marshall’s for a few months before moving to Daily’s Place almost a year ago (which is directly connected to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium. Tony Khan, the CEO of AEW, is a co-owner of the franchise along with his father Shad).
AEW began allowing fans to attend Dynamite in a limited capacity starting in June 2020. Apparently that will come to a close in July 2021 as AEW will begin traveling again starting on July 7. The first show will be in Miami. And the company will be headed to Texas in Cedar Park on July 14 and Garland on July 21. All events will obviously follow COVID safety protocols. Tony Khan clarified that Miami, Austin, and Dallas are the first three of many cities the company is planning on traveling to.
Florida and Texas are two of the looser states when it comes to these pandemic protocols for whatever reason. Not necessarily good or bad – just different. That’s probably why WrestleMania 37 was moved to Tampa Bay, because it was originally scheduled to be held in Los Angeles. But California has been tight with their restrictions.
A new TV show my also come to fruition on TNT for AEW by the end of this year. The company now has a solid base with Dynamite having been around for 1.5 years.