AEW was founded by Tony Khan and a few wrestlers in 2019. The Jacksonville-based company is now thriving and is WWE’s biggest competitor. They are currently preparing to host Revolution at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
AEW’s roster consists of world-class wrestlers as well as many experienced names in non-wrestling roles. They have talented commentators like Jim Ross, Taz, Bryan Danielson, Tony Schiavone, Nigel McGuinness, and Excalibur.
Excalibur has been with the Tony Khan-led company since the start. He retired from in-ring competition years ago, but he is one of AEW’s most important names. The 45-year-old is a regular on Dynamite. However, he was absent from this week’s episode.
According to PWInsider, the former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion missed the latest Dynamite because he was sick. Sportskeeda Wrestling wishes the commentator a speedy recovery and hopes that he will be present on next week’s Dynamite.
AEW commentator Excalibur explained the origin of his mask
In a 2020 interview with Chris Van Vliet, Excalibur revealed that he began his wrestling career in Southern California. There is reportedly a massive lucha libre tradition in that part of the country, and that is why he also began wearing a mask.
“Well, it may shock people to learn that I used to wrestle professionally. I started in Southern California, where there is a big lucha libre tradition, you know, just being north of Mexico. Lucha libre being the Mexican style of professional wrestling. And masks are prevalent not only in lucha libre, but all facets of Mexican culture. It’s part of their cultural mythology basically, and so I took a shine to lucha for two reasons. One, I was a big comic book fan, so there was the superhero-esque aspect of it. And two, I just liked the athleticism of lucha and that style of wrestling more than what was happening in like the mid-90s in WWF or WCW at the time,” he said. [H/T: Ringside News]
Only time will tell what the future holds for the 45-year-old. Hopefully, he will return to in-ring competition someday.
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Edited by Debangshu Nath
