Tony Schiavone was absent from the January 17th episode of AEW Dynamite due to illness, which led to Ian Riccaboni stepping in to fill Schiavone’s place on commentary.
During a recent episode of his “What Happened When” podcast, Schiavone discussed why he missed the show. He said,
“I had a little eye problem, a little stye in the right eye. Actually it was more than one, and eye was swollen shut last week. Thought I had conjunctivitis, which meant pinkeye and to stay away from everybody, but on Wednesday, I got a diagnosis that it was a stye. So yeah, I’m okay. I hate missing TV, but I was obviously back for Saturday. I’m really having a good time on Saturday. So I’ll be back this Wednesday, and [that was] just a part of being an old f**ker.”
