[Susan Foreman]

AEW Introduces New Safety Protocols / Comic Book .com

Banned Moves & Actions

• Chair Shots to the Head
• Chair Shots to the Back of the Head
• Buckle Bombs
• Moves Where a Wrestler Falls Backward into a turnbuckle
• Imitating Concussion or Seizure Symptoms While Selling a Move
• Spitting
• Bleeding While In The Crowd
• Using Weapons or Projectiles in The Crowd
• Throwing Anything With Blood On It Into The Crowd
• Taking Food & Drinks From Fans In The Crowd
• Making Contact With Fans In The Crowd

Moves & Actions That Require Pre-Approval

• Spots and bumps on the ring apron and outside
• Table / ladder / chair spots in and out of the ring (Only allowed with padding)
• Any elevated spots outside of the barricades (dives and ladder spots on stage, around the arena, and other places outside of the ring)
• All piledriver / tombstone variations, including: sit down drivers, inverted / poison hurricarana and vertebreakers
• High-risk dives or top rope moves (450, 630, double moonsaults, SSP, etc.)
• Intentional bleeding (of any sort, not just blading)
• Throwing people into / through / over ring steps, commentary table, bell table, or guardrails / barricades
• Weapon usage: Chairs, pipes, kendo sticks, hammers, ring bells, bats, chains, etc. Title belts, thumbtacks, skewers, barbed wire, and other sharp / puncturing objects or Powders, aerosol sprays, or liquids
• Throwing any weapons or objects - chairs, etc.
• Choking / strangling with hands or a weapon or hanging spots
• Injury spots or angles, whether or not medical is involved / called to the ring
• Any physicality in the crowd or crowd brawling
• Any physicality involving referees, managers, extras, celebrities, or special guests