Continental Cup 2023 - AEW's inaugural round robin tournament megathread

[Comrade Khan]

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.

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.

Tony Khan Announces AEW Continental Classic Tournament Starts On 11/22, Concludes At AEW Worlds End | Fightful News

Tony Khan and Bryan Danielson announce the inaugural Continental Classic Tournament.

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[Comrade Khan]

Finally, the TK1 is here

 

[Marty McFourth]

Let's go Dragon

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

sounds like a combo of g1 and CWC

 

[Samoa Looch]

Yea, that had to come one day... Excited to see who else gonna be in it. I hope they have a good mix of talent planned.

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

that said i want to see a sort of high flying championship introduced at some point in AEW. Just my personal taste

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yea, that had to come one day... Excited to see who else gonna be in it. I hope they have a good mix of talent planned.

me too - I am hoping 3/4 of the field is top guys and then the last quarter some midcarders and rookies

 

[Marty McFourth]

I can't wait to see how stacked this field is inevitably going to be. I love tournaments, you always get fresh match-ups and it's so exciting.

 

[Kim Jong Umb]

my guess

Danielson
Omega
OC
Andrade
Black
Swerve

Copeland
Ospreay
Kommander
Strong
Garica
Moxley

 

[Cwalker]

Finally a decent announcement.

I’m digging this. If they can get Ospreay involved, that’d be great

 

[Roy Mustang]

Yeah mostly top guys and like two midcard or rookies to eat the majority falls makes sense to me

 

[Comrade Khan]

imagine Ibushi is in it

 

[Cwalker]

Wonder what the winner will get

 

[Cwalker]

But they should really use this to make a new star.

So no offense to guys like Danielson or Omega, I don’t think they should win this

 

[Comrade Khan]

I was gonna say idk if Mox or Ospreay will be in it due to their match at WK but Danielson is in it too so that doesnt seem to matter