AEW star "knocked out" during match; couldn't get up for several minutes - Reports

An AEW star was "knocked out" during his recent match and couldn't get up for several minutes. The star in question is Dalton Castle, who is a prominent name on the independent circuit.

Castle gained a lot of traction for his time in Ring of Honor where he is a former ROH World and Television Champion. He is also a former ROH Six Man World Tag Team Champion. Castle has also made an appearance for AEW in the past but his record is anything but stellar.

This past week on AEW Collision, which was taped on Thursday, Dalton Castle squared off against Roderick Strong in a singles match. During the match, Strong caught Castle with a high knee and got the pin. However, it was clear that the pinfall was edited before being pushed to live.

Dave Meltzer confirmed on Wrestling Observer Radio that Castle had been knocked out by Strong in the match and was unable to answer the three count. As a result, the referee had to make a long pause before counting to three. This long pause was edited out of the show:

"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.” [H/T F4Wonline]

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John Morrison previously stated that he has no interest in wrestling AEW star Dalton Castle

John Morrison and Dalton Castle were involved in a lengthy feud earlier this year on ROH. During this feud, Morrison took many shots at the former ROH World Champion.

Morrison even mentioned that he has no interest in wrestling Castle. He even mockingly called him Macho Man Randy Average:

"Would I wrestle Macho Man Randy Average?? No! @thetayavalkyrie understands- both the Bland Man and Peter Pan need to grow up because Johnny TV ain’t going to Neverland. Hey Hey No! No! @AEWonTV @ringofhonor."

It will be interesting to see if Dalton Castle will get a rematch against Roderick Strong after what happened on Collision last week.