Tony Khan and Bryan Danielson announce the inaugural Continental Classic Tournament.
On the November 11 AEW Collision, Tony Khan appeared with Bryan Danielson to announce the first-ever AEW Continental Classic Tournament. The tournament will be a six-week affair, taking two groups of six wrestlers each, and having them compete in a round-robin style tournament similar to the G1 Climax Tournament in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
Tony Khan announced that the tournament will begin on Wednesday, November 22, on AEW Dynamite. The tournament will conclude on December 30 at AEW Worlds End on Long Island, New York.
Just announced by #AEW CEO & GM @TonyKhan-
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) November 12, 2023
The #AEWContinentalClassic, a round-robin tournament featuring 12 of #AEW's top stars, kicks off on #AEWDynamite LIVE on 11/22 in Chicago!
The first entrant?
The American Dragon @bryandanielson!
Watch #AEWCollision On TNT! pic.twitter.com/6pC9jHEWXd
Starting 11/22,
— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) November 12, 2023
the @AEW Continental Classic,
12 top wrestlers fighting weekly in 2 leagues of 6, bouts in
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
Erie
Montreal
Dallas
OKC
San Antonio
League Finals in Orlando +
The Winner crowned at Worlds End! The first competitor in is @bryandanielson!
It was also announced that Bryan Danielson will be the first entrant in the tournament. Danielson has been briefly sidelined with an orbital injury. Learn more about that at this link.
In the past, Danielson has talked about wanting to compete in the G1 Climax but said that it doesn't appear reasonable at this stage in his career. Read more here.
Fans can check out the full card for AEW World's End here.
Fans can keep up with our live coverage of AEW Saturday Collision at this link. There will also be a post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.
