AEW donates Texas Chain Saw Massacre sponsorship money to Maui Food Bank
The Maui Food Bank will receive a sizable donation thanks to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s sponsorship of an AEW Dynamite match last night.
Jeff Jarrett defeated Jeff Hardy in a match that involved the character Leatherface from the popular horror franchise. The sponsorship was to promote the Texas Chainsaw Massacre video game, which goes on sale tomorrow.
Our own Dave Meltzer mentioned on Wrestling Observer Radio that AEW received over $100,000 as part of the deal.
“It was a big number. It was over a $100,000 sponsorship,” Meltzer said on the show.
AEW president Tony Khan announced to the live crowd in Nashville that he would donate “every dime I got” from the deal to the Maui Food Bank.
.@TonyKhan
told the crowd in Nashville that "every dime I got" from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Death Match sponsorship will go to the Maui Food Bank.That makes it more than worth it.
Let's keep a match in perspective with what happened in Hawaii. #AEWDynamite #AEWRampage
— Jim Valley (@JimValley) August 17, 2023
Wrestling for a great cause
Rey Fenix v Komander!#AEWFFTF continues Friday on #AEWRampage +
Saturday on #AEWCollision on TNT supporting @MauiFoodBank, please help in this tragedy.Thank you all who watched #AEWDynamite tonight with 100% of funds from @TXChainSawGame to charity https://t.co/exXaiE1GhA
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) August 17, 2023
Khan also shared that much of the creative for last night’s show had to be reworked at the last minute.
“Thank you all who watched #AEWDynamite tonight,” he wrote on Twitter.”If haven’t seen it yet, please check it out + please donate @MauiFoodBank
“Thank you again to WBD + our team for helping rework tonight’s whole creative, including @TXChainSawGame with 100% of funds from the sponsor to @mauifoodbank.”
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