The smoke surrounding the AEW World Championship has cleared.
Following days of turmoil surrounding CM Punk and the AEW World Championship, AEW has revealed what is next for the prestigious belt. Tony Khan started off tonight's Dynamite broadcast and revealed that both the AEW World Championship and the AEW World Trios Championships have both been vacated. A tournament will take place over the next few weeks, with the new champion being crowned at AEW Dynamite Grand Slam on September 21.
The tournament will start tonight, with Hangman Page facing Bryan Danielson in a first round matchup. On Friday's Rampage, Sammy Guevara will take on Darby Allin in the other first round bout. The winner of those matches will go on to respectively face Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley in the second round of the tournament that will take place on the September 14 edition of Dynamite. Fans can see the full tournament bracket below.
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CM Punk defeated Jon Moxley to capture the title at AEW All Out this past Sunday. The title win followed Punk's loss of the belt, which took place on the August 24 edition of Dynamite when he lost an AEW World Title Unification Match to Jon Moxley. Punk, along with many other AEW talent, are reportedly suspended from the company following the reported brawl backstage following the All Out press conference.
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