{"id":213355,"date":"2026-03-11T23:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=213355"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:37:13","slug":"excalibur-reportedly-missed-dynamite-due-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/03\/11\/excalibur-reportedly-missed-dynamite-due-to-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Excalibur reportedly missed Dynamite due to illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3356447269\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>AEW lead play-by-play announcer Excalibur missed Dynamite tonight due to illness, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/pwinsider.com\/article\/205844\/why-excalibur-missed-aew-dynamite.html?p=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> by Mike Johnson at PWInsider.com. With Excalibur unable to make the show, the announce team featured Tony Schiavone in the lead announcer role, plus Ian Riccaboni (from ROH) and Bryan Danielson. His absence was not acknowledged on air despite being the voice of the show the vast majority of its years on the air.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Dynamite: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/aew-dynamite-did-aew-do-enough-to-make-revolution-feel-must-see-underneath-mjf-hangman-main-event-full-review-with-keller-j-b-3-11--70603323\">CLICK HERE<\/a> (or search \u201cwade Keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AEW DYNAMITE: Did AEW do enough to make Revolution feel must-see underneath MJF-Hangman main event? Full review with Keller &amp; J.B. (3\/11)\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=70603323&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Excalibur has been AEW&#8217;s lead commentator on Dynamite since AEW launched in 2019. He was previously an independent wrestler and co-founder of PWG. He was best known for his work as the lead commentator for PWG after having to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/aew-broadcaster-excalibur-explains-retiring-163000710.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANIo5Kpd5AQHCkMlIAZeQDsooFNGzEhh--Rjuq0t0N_fdreuSTQ3Ft-THFkVTaYUXxXKfmHXXvCmDdjHUjIHoItsi1qh78CbudQ8lAGpjpV9Q47YCXxixdxS74PmwSuyuMsCG87FtZEgqNFrRQ2BnCyWXOcR0SvWoz0Xlu2c6-Wt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retire<\/a> from the ring due to injuries in 2008. After retiring from in-ring competition, Excalibur called every PWG event until the company went on an indefinite hiatus in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show (3\/11) - AEW Dynamite w\/Keller &amp; Buhagiar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yY7vllXncsU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1409813845\"><div id=\"pwtor-4122756774\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>AEW lead play-by-play announcer Excalibur missed Dynamite tonight due to illness, according to a report by Mike Johnson at PWInsider.com. With Excalibur unable to make the show, the announce team featured Tony Schiavone in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/03\/11\/excalibur-reportedly-missed-dynamite-due-to-illness\/\" title=\"Excalibur reportedly missed Dynamite due to illness\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":213368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-12-at-11.33.00-AM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213369,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213355\/revisions\/213369"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}