Dalton Castle out of action with torn biceps

An injury update is available for Dalton Castle.

Tony Khan announced on July 20 that Castle will miss the remainder of 2024. At first, it was assumed this was related to him being knocked out during his match with Roderick Strong on the July 10 AEW Collision. However, it was later revealed by our own Bryan Alvarez that the injury keeping Castle out for the rest of the year is not a concussion. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that Castle is dealing with a torn biceps.

“Torn biceps that was the deal with the surgery and everything,” Meltzer said on the show.

Castle’s match against Strong was stopped early after Castle was unable to kick out during a pin attempt that wasn’t the planned finish. Meltzer addressed what happened during the match on the July 15 episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

“What happened was, it was a flying knee that knocked out Dalton Castle,” Meltzer said. 

“He got knocked out. The referee counts one, two, held up the count because it wasn’t supposed to be the pin. Then counted three because Dalton Castle never moved and they didn’t show Dalton Castle, he was on the ground for several minutes. So, they didn’t show any of that.”

“You could see the edit. The edit was that the referee held up the count, Dalton didn’t kick out and the referee had to count the three because Dalton wasn’t getting up.”

“In the building, this was a complete mess and they were very lucky that this show was taped for this reason,” he continued. 

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