In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer gives an interesting take on how the chair was gimmicked at AEW Fyter Fest before Cody Rhodes took the unprotected chair shot.
Dave would explain that this was achieved by sawing down the seat to where it was like a cookie sheet, an item that makes a lot of noise but doesn’t hurt at all.
“The idea was that Spears would hit Cody over the head with the seat of the chair, the gimmicked seat would dent, make a lot of noise and it would be sold huge by the announcers to start the feud. Instead, Spears swung the chair like a baseball bat and somehow part of the chair cracked the other side of Cody’s head and busted him open. He was fine, but the announcers selling it big, including the mention of CTE, led to fans being shocked.”