Tony Khan officially confirms AEW star will be replaced due to a serious reason

A popular AEW star suffered a major setback recently on television. Tony Khan followed up on the situation and revealed they would be replaced in a major upcoming showdown in the Jacksonville-based promotion.The aforementioned star in question is Penelope Ford. On an episode of Dynamite two weeks ago, Ford teamed up with Megan Bayne to battle Tay Melo and Anna Jay in the opening round of the AEW Women's World Tag Team title tournament. Although they won the match, Ford sustained an injury while doing a moonsault on the outside of the ring. Bryan Danielson first made the announcement during the live broadcast of this week's AEW Dynamite. Following that, Penelope Ford confirmed that she tore her UCL and will be out of action indefinitely. At the same time, it was announced before that the first-ever Blood and Guts match will take place for the women on November 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina, with Ford initially scheduled to partner with the Triangle of Madness against Queen Aminata, Jamie Hayter, and other unnamed participants for the historic bout.However, in a recent live session on X, Tony Khan announced that Penelope Ford will be replaced in the match due to her injury. He added that many wrestlers are lined up to take that spot in the Blood and Guts match while also teasing more announcements regarding the hellicious in-ring bout. I'm also going to be making more announcements about the women's Blood and Guts, which is gonna have to change because, as you probably heard, the Triangle of Madness is involved and they have been aligned a lot with Penelope Ford and Megan Bayne. Penelope Ford is not going to be able to compete in this match, so we'll announce more on what we are going to do with the match tomorrow. I will say that I am planning to add participants and make it even a bigger match, and even though we are going to miss Penelope Ford, there are so many people lined up, knowing that there is a spot available, people wanting to compete. The challenge has been absolutely accepted. There is going to be a women's Blood and Guts match on Wednesday, Nov 12, in Greensboro, North Carolina, but the participants have changed, and Penelope Ford will not be there. However, there is a long line of wrestlers that are lined up that want that spot very much."- [6:40-7:32]Top AEW star will replace Penelope Ford in her current tag team As Penelope Ford announced her injury, her partner, Megan Bayne, was left without a partner in the aforementioned tournament on AEW television. However, right after the announcement, Marina Shafir approached her and offered to be her new tag team ally, which she accepted. In the same live session, Khan made their alliance official."Penelope has been involved in some of the best hardcore matches in AEW, and also, one of the most successful teams, teaming with Megan Bayne. So Megan Bayne is going to be teaming with Marina Shafir of the Death Riders."- [6:27-6:38]With a new powerhouse force on the horizon, it will be interesting to see if it leads them to become the inaugural AEW Women's World Tag Team Champions.