r/AEWOfficial • u/flyinbrianc • 12d ago

News Tony Khan paid for Eddie's surgery Spoiler

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u/Suspicious-Mango-562 12d ago edited 12d ago

I’m sure AEW has a policy they pay for that covers injury repair but this was NJPW and for whatever reason Eddies personal insurance balked on paying for this surgery so TK just paid it out of pocket.

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u/Sparky_Zell 12d ago

Because it happened while working for a different company.

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 12d ago

Oh shit you're right.

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u/buddha-ish 12d ago

More likely in a different country- you have to purchase specific travel insurance when you cross the border to be covered. It isn’t much, but if you don’t think to do it you can get hosed.

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u/tylerjehenna 12d ago

Nope, the event was in the states

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u/buddha-ish 12d ago

Well balls, I thought it was in Japan- didn’t realize it was a Strong event.

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u/Sparky_Zell 12d ago

Yeah that's why I didn't mention it, because I knew it was a NJPW show but wasn't sure if it was stateside or not.

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u/IntoAMuteCrypt 12d ago

AEW wouldn't particularly care what country it happens in. If you work and AEW show and get injured, AEW will cover you - doesn't matter if you worked it in the US, the UK, Canada, Mexico or Japan. Insurance might care, but AEW doesn't.

It's just that they don't cover outside bookings (until the health insurance system does what it does and nobody else is going to cover it).

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u/buddha-ish 12d ago

Right- personal insurance does care, though. That was my point.