This week’s episode of AEW Dynamite kicked off with AEW President Tony Khan announcing that he stripped CM Punk of the AEW World Championship and Kenny Omega & Young Bucks of the AEW World Trios Championship. This came after all these names were involved in a major backstage fight after the All Out 2022 PPV event, this past Sunday night.
Per Khan, the title has been in a vacated state and a tournament would be underway to crown a new champion. It began with last night’s AEW Dynamite itself, with former AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page taking on Blackpool Combat Club member Bryan Danielson. The winner was announced to face “The Wizard” Chris Jericho on next week’s episode in Albany, New York.
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Also, it was announced that this Friday on “Rampage”, the two-time former TNT Champion Sammy Guevara will face the longest-reigning TNT champion in AEW history, Darby Allin. The winner of that match will get to face Jon Moxley, next week on AEW Dynamite. The final of the tournament will be held on the Grand Slam edition of the show set for September 21 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York.
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AEW Dynamite Grand Slam tournament lineup
Danielson won his scheduled match on AEW Dynamite and moved to the next round where he’s booked to face Chris Jericho. At a glance, the lineup for the tournament goes as follows,
Match 1 (last night): Hangman Page vs. Bryan Danielson (Danielson is the winner)
Match 2 (Friday): Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin
Match 3 (Next Week): Chris Jericho vs. Winner of Match 1 (Bryan Danielson)
Match 4 (Next Week): Jon Moxley vs. Winner of Match 2
Finals at AEW Dynamite Grand Slam on September 21: Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4
An AEW World Tag Team Championship match will also take place at the Grand Slam edition of AEW Dynamite on September 21. Last night, it was announced that Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) will defend their tag championships against The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) in a rematch from this past Sunday’s All Out PPV.
Swerve In Our Glory won the AEW Tag Team Championship on The Night One of Fyter Fest in July. They defeated The Young Bucks and the team of Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks in a three-way tag match.
