# Castagnoli Says He Is Not Cleared; Not on Full Gear Card Label: CONFIRMED Promotion: AEW By WrestlingNews.com Staff Published Nov. 11, 2026, 2:00 AM ET URL: https://wrestlingnews.com/story/castagnoli-says-he-is-not-medically-cleared-not-on-full-gear-card/ > AEW's Claudio Castagnoli said in an interview Fightful posted Nov. 8 that he is not medically cleared to wrestle. He has been off TV since the Oct. 28 Dynamite and is not among the 14 names for Full Gear's Anarchy in the Arena. ## The quick version - Castagnoli told The Load-In he is "not medically clear right now." Fightful posted the quote on Sunday, Nov. 8. - He was attacked by The Cut on Dynamite on Oct. 28 and stretchered out, per WrestleZone and Wrestling Headlines. He has not been on AEW TV since. - The nature of the injury and any return date have not been given, per F4W Online and Wrestling Headlines. AEW's Claudio Castagnoli said he is not medically cleared to wrestle. He told The Load-In while attending the League of Legends World Championship, in an interview Fightful posted on Sunday, Nov. 8. He has not appeared on AEW television since Dynamite on Wednesday, Oct. 28. AEW Full Gear is Saturday, Nov. 14, in Phoenix, and he is not among the 14 names for Anarchy in the Arena. ## What he said Asked how the trip was going, Castagnoli said: "No, it's been great. (I'm) Not medically clear right now, so I was just sitting around at home. So they asked me if I wanted to come here, see Worlds, and I'm like, yeah, definitely, 100%. I'll be there." He then talked about the passion of esports fans and compared them to wrestling fans. That is all he said about his status in the pieces we read. ## What happened on TV On Oct. 28, Castagnoli tried to help Jon Moxley and Daniel Garcia against The Cut, per Wrestling Headlines. WrestleZone says David Finlay hit him with a shillelagh, the padding was removed from the floor and Jay White hit a Blade Runner on the exposed concrete, and that he was stretchered out. That was a scripted angle. Both outlets note that the real nature of his injury has not been made public. ## Full Gear Anarchy in the Arena at Full Gear is 7-on-7. The Death Riders and The Conglomeration face The Cut. Castagnoli is not among the 14 names in our [Full Gear lineup story](https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-names-anarchy-in-the-arena-teams-full-gear-has-7-matches/), which is based on ProWrestling.net's Nov. 8 report. Moxley, Gabe Kidd, Garcia and Wheeler Yuta are named for the Death Riders side. AEW has not said why he is not listed. It has not said whether he will appear. ## What is not known Neither Castagnoli nor AEW has said what the injury is, how long it will keep him out or whether he will be at Full Gear in a non-wrestling role. We found no AEW statement. **How we know.** Source: Fightful (Corey Brennan), who quotes The Load-In (Paul Delos Santos asked the questions, per Wrestling Headlines). We read Fightful in full. WrestleZone, F4W Online and Wrestling Headlines agree and were read as search excerpts only. One result, Wrestling Attitude, gives the Dynamite date as Aug. 28. Every other source says Oct. 28, and we use Oct. 28. We did not watch the interview or contact AEW. Nothing in this story is a rumor. ## Sources - Fightful (Corey Brennan), "Claudio Castagnoli Says He Is Currently Not Medically Cleared", Nov. 8, 2026, 10:14 am, time zone not shown (the quote, the Oct. 28 segment). https://fightful.com/wrestling/claudio-castagnoli-says-he-is-currently-not-medically-cleared - WrestleZone, "AEW Star Still Not Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return After October 28 Dynamite Attack", Nov. 2026 (the stretcher, the shillelagh and the Blade Runner; search excerpt only, date not shown). https://wrestlezone.com/news/1670497-aew-claudio-castagnoli-not-medically-cleared-dynamite-attack - Wrestling Headlines, "Injury Update On AEW's Claudio Castagnoli", Nov. 2026 (the interviewer, no disclosed injury or timetable; search excerpt only, date not shown). https://wrestlingheadlines.com/injury-update-on-aews-claudio-castagnoli - F4W Online (Rosanne Raphael), "AEW star still not medically cleared", Nov. 2026 (the injury is undisclosed; search excerpt only). https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/aew-star-still-not-medically-cleared - The Load-In, interview with Claudio Castagnoli at the League of Legends World Championship, Nov. 2026. No link: Fightful links it on YouTube. We did not play it. - WrestlingNews.com, "AEW Names Anarchy in the Arena Teams; Full Gear Has 7 Matches", Nov. 2026. https://wrestlingnews.com/story/aew-names-anarchy-in-the-arena-teams-full-gear-has-7-matches/ - WrestlingNews.com staff reporting: read Fightful in full, compared the other outlets' excerpts and checked the Full Gear names against our lineup story. We did not contact AEW or Castagnoli. How we credit sources: [Editorial standards](https://wrestlingnews.com/editorial-standards/).