Autistic Dragon Posted November 21, 2023 Report Share Posted November 21, 2023 AEW has announced their version of the G1 Climax called the Continental Classic. The matches will be held on Dynamite, Rampage and Collision and the following wills will be in effect. Two blocks with 6 wrestlers each. 3 points for a win 1 for a draw and a loss gets you nothing. No managers or seconds allowed at ringside. Interference will not be tolerated. Finals will be held at World's End with the winner being awarded the ROH World Championship, New Japan Strong Openweight Championship and the new AEW Continental Championship to become AEWs first Triple Crown Champion. Wrestlers announced include Bryan Danielson Andrade El Idolo Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe Who do you see filling out the blocks and what are your predictions for the finalists and who wins it all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted November 21, 2023 Report Share Posted November 21, 2023 I can see the rest of the field being something like Garcia, Dustin, Jay White, Trent, Brody King, Claudio and a few other ones out of left field to satisfy Khan’s match making whims. Maybe one of Fenix or Bandido? Keith Lee? I’m looking forward to it, even if I think it ends with Kingston losing his belts and I’d rather not see that outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El McKell Posted November 21, 2023 Report Share Posted November 21, 2023 7 hours ago, Autistic Dragon said: AEW has announced their version of the Bound For Glory Series called the Continental Classic. FIFY. In all seriousness though, this will hopefully lead to some really good matches. I'm sure Claudio will be in it too anyway. I have no idea what they're going to do with this "triple crown" belt and if it means ROH won't have a champion anymore? Interference will not be tolerated is pretty funny because it implies it's allowed in the other matches on the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 They are announcing the participants (and I'd hope the blocks and weekly matchups) at 1PM ET in a youtube stream. It's gonna be TK, Schiavone and Eddie and I hope Kingston cuts a promo on every single entrant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsujin Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Eddie is in It? I thought the winner would face him. The prize is stupid, but we are about to see an instant classic of a wrestling minirrun, like it happened with the first Cruiserweight Classic back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Tetsujin said: Eddie is in It? I thought the winner would face him. What Eddie said at the PPV was that he putting his belts on the line on every match he's wrestling in the CC, that's why whoever wins it will have both those belts plus being the "Continental Classic Champion" (lol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jmare007 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 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 20 minute time limit. Eddie vs Dragon II, let's fucking GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stiva Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Man, he stacked it. Especially the blue league, that looks wild. I presume that part of the tourney leads to Garcia finally going with the BCC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDuke Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Jmare007 said: What Eddie said at the PPV was that he putting his belts on the line on every match he's wrestling in the CC, that's why whoever wins it will have both those belts plus being the "Continental Classic Champion" (lol). That's not the way Round Robin Tournaments work though, is it? What if he is beaten on the last day of the tournament and loses his belts, but the person who beats him for his 2 belts happened to lose all their other matches? They would have won the ROH and Strong belts, but wouldn't make the final to win the Continental belt, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 Blue and Gold? TK must be a 90s X-Men fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted November 22, 2023 Report Share Posted November 22, 2023 1 hour ago, TheDuke said: That's not the way Round Robin Tournaments work though, is it? What if he is beaten on the last day of the tournament and loses his belts, but the person who beats him for his 2 belts happened to lose all their other matches? They would have won the ROH and Strong belts, but wouldn't make the final to win the Continental belt, right? Well, they corrected him today so it's a moot point. He's basically putting the belts up for grabs to whoever wins the tourney so they can create this Triple Crown (and there will be three belts). With Eddie's PPV promo I though he was saying that whoever had the ROH & Strong belts had to keep defending them until the finals, which had me believing Eddie was a lock for the finals. But again, it's a moot point. We still don't know if whoever wins the C2 and those belts will be a champion that actually defends it and then puts it on the line during the tourney (like Eddie just did) every year, or if it's gonna be something symbolic like those trophies and belts Tony created for the Owen Hart Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted November 23, 2023 Report Share Posted November 23, 2023 Looks like a phenomenally fun tournament. Does anyone believe Danielson has a chance of making it through 5 matches over the next month, presumably a 6th at the PPV from the fallout, and then make the Okada bout a few days later without getting hurt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDuke Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 Are we making predictions in this thread? I have to think you don't put Swerve in this tournament to lose, and as a heel nobody should be screwing him over, so he's got to win the whole thing right? I imagine it is to try to elevate him so that some time in the new year he's ready to move up to the main event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted November 28, 2023 Report Share Posted November 28, 2023 I guess it depends if the winner ends up having to defend the TC in ROH and other companies. If that's the case I wouldn't give it to Swerve, he should be getting an AEW world title reign soon and a short run with this new experiment would just take him away from AEW TV most likely. If it's just a symbolic thing and the winner is just as the G1 or Champions Carnival, then yeah, give it to Swerve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted December 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 AEW Continental Classic Leaderboard. Blue League. 6 pts: Brody King 3 pts: Andrade El Idolo, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli 0 pts: Daniel Garcia, Eddie Kingston Gold League. 6 pts: Jon Moxley, Swerve Strickland 3 pts: Jey White, Rush 0 pts: Jay Lethal, Mark Briscoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 For my money Brody/Claudio and Dragon/Kingston are the two best matches in the tourney thus far. Here's hoping we stay on trend in the weeks ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted December 3, 2023 Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 Has it been confirmed if there's going to be semifinals for the shows in Orlando? I think I heard Tony announce them but he could've just been implying that each block gets decided that week and not straight up semis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted December 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Jmare007 said: Has it been confirmed if there's going to be semifinals for the shows in Orlando? I think I heard Tony announce them but he could've just been implying that each block gets decided that week and not straight up semis. Per wikipedia, the Orlando show will host the "League Finals" which will see the top two competitors in each block square off with the winners advancing to World's End. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted December 4, 2023 Report Share Posted December 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Autistic Dragon said: Per wikipedia, the Orlando show will host the "League Finals" which will see the top two competitors in each block square off with the winners advancing to World's End. I feel like we should get Eddie vs Dragon III with Kingston finally getting the W, though at the same time they could save that for later on a PPV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autistic Dragon Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 Current Continental Classic Leaderboard Blue League 6 pts: Brody King, Andrade El Idolo & Bryan Danielson 3 pts: Claudio Castagnoli and Eddie Kingston 0 pts: Daniel Garcia (eliminated) Gold League 9 pts: Jon Moxley and Swerve Strickland 6 pts: Jay White 3 pts: Rush 0 pts: Jay Lethal & Mark Briscoe (both eliminated) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 Mox vs Swerve Is gonna be the first draw, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 I think Swerve absolutely has to go over Mox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmare007 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 45 minutes ago, MoS said: I think Swerve absolutely has to go over Mox Wouldn't the Gold League be over one week in advance if either of them win? At most they could tie at 12 (which would require Swerve losing to Rush in the final week) and whoever wins next week has the tie breaker anyway. They kinda have to draw to keep things interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoS Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Jmare007 said: Wouldn't the Gold League be over one week in advance if either of them win? At most they could tie at 12 (which would require Swerve losing to Rush in the final week) and whoever wins next week has the tie breaker anyway. They kinda have to draw to keep things interesting. I just think they have caught lightning in a bottle with Swerve, and now they need to go all the way with it. If it means that this tournament drags for a week, then so be it. I don't think any of us expected Swerve to get as over and as good as he has, but now that he has, I think you tear up the conventional playbook and elevate him even if it puts a spanner in your other plans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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