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ALL IN Results: NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Match
In the fourth match of the evening, Cody Rhodes (accompanied by Brandi Rhodes, Tommy Dreamer, Diamond Dallas Page, Glacier, Pharaoh the dog, and his brother-in-law) challenge Nick Aldis (wit his own entourage that included Jeff Jarrett, Tim Storm, Shawn Daivari, and more). ROH’s Bobby Cruise handled the introductions for this match and Earl Hebner was the referee.
This is big time. Awesome, awesome moment for @CodyRhodes and @TheBrandiRhodes! #ALLIN
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➡️ https://t.co/mNpVzZkjg8 pic.twitter.com/I44cWaTcwu— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) September 2, 2018
Cody started the match off hot, and the crowd was equally hot for the action early on. While it’s often a cliche, this match truly had a big match feel.
.@CodyRhodes is ON FIRE to start this bout! #ALLIN
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➡️ https://t.co/mNpVzZkjg8 pic.twitter.com/am75FvOYHr— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) September 2, 2018
After a dive from the top, Cody was deemed unable to continue, leading to the entrance of Diamond Dallas Page to check on Cody. Shawn Daivari would eventually enter and take exception, quickly eating a Diamond Cutter for his actions. Cody Rhodes would finally come up, bloodied, and the match would continue.
.@RealNickAldis clocks Cody on the way down 😮 #ALLIN
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➡️ https://t.co/mNpVzZkjg8 pic.twitter.com/Dpvb4xbKEo— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) September 2, 2018
Cody Rhodes would eventually come back on Nick Aldis, locking in the figure-four to a great pop from the crowd.
Crimson mask soaking into the ring canvas… but @CodyRhodes makes it to the ropes and @TheBrandiRhodes! #ALLIN
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➡️ https://t.co/mNpVzZkjg8 pic.twitter.com/vs2JwYa3dR— TDE Wrestling (@totaldivaseps) September 2, 2018
Brandi Rhodes would get involved and taken out by Aldis, leading to a chorus of boos from the crowd. Cody eventually countered a sunset-flip attempt into a pinfall to capture the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. The match itself was full of old school glory, done very well, and as The Chairshot’s Andrew Balaz puts it, was a love letter to Dusty Rhodes.
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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