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AEW Deals Reportedly ‘Comparable’ To WWE, Double Or Nothing Location & More

Published

5 years ago

January 4, 2019

Lots of more reports surrounding All Elite Wrestling!

Since the official announcement of All Elite Wrestling on New Year’s Eve, there’s definitely been no shortage or news, rumors and speculation surrounding the promotion from everything to talent acquisitions, possible television deals and anything else in between.

Today, one member of The Elite has been the topic of a lot of discussion as Kenny Omega reportedly will not be re-signing with New Japan Pro Wrestling (find that story here) and has also reportedly received quite an offer from the WWE (see more on that here). While there’s still no word on what his future holds for the time being, there have been another of other possible updates regarding AEW.

With regard to talent contracts, Ryan Satin of ProWrestlingSheet is reporting that WWE doesn’t quite have the upper-hand there as much as some fans think, noting that a source has indicated to him that All Elite’s offerings are “comparable”. However, no further details on whether that refers to money, schedule or any other aspect of a contract are unknown.

As it pertains to the promotion’s first big event, Double Or Nothing, which has yet to be given a time and date, a little more light was shed on that ahead of next Tuesday’s rally in Jacksonville (see all the details on that here). According to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, Double Or Nothing will take place in Las Vegas, but it’s not clear what venue. At this time, the speculation is that the event would emanate from the T-Mobile Arena, home of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights.

Lastly, there had been some talk previously about All Elite Wrestling possibly having a relationship with other promotions such as Ring Of Honor or New Japan Pro Wrestling, but it was said that ROH was less likely due to both companies going after the same talent with exclusive deals. As for NJPW, it was reported that essentially the ball was in their court whether they wanted to work with AEW. Dave Meltzer has also reported that a meeting is scheduled between representatives of all three organizations with the hope they may be able to work out some sort of arrangement.

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AEW Coverage

Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

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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AEW Coverage

AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

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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