Bengaluru, September 8: Due to a backstage altercation following AEW All Out, AEW President Tony Khan announced that he's forced to strip CM Punk of the AEW World Championship.
Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks also were stripped off their AEW World Trios Championships. Pac and Lucha Brothers captured the trios title last night itself. But, the next AEW World Champion will be determined two weeks from now, at the Grand Slam 2022 edition of Dynamite.
A tournament is now underway on AEW programme with the following lineup:
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
Apart from the AEW World Title Match, An AEW World Tag Team Championship match will also take place at AEW's Grand Slam edition of Dynamite on September 21 at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York.
Last night, it was confirmed that Swerve In Our Glory (Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland) will put their titles on the line 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 back on Fyter Fest Night One in July, defeating The Young Bucks and the team of Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks in a three-way tag match.
After making history last year in NYC, Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens opens its gates once again for #AEWDynamite LIVE & #AEWRampage: #GrandSlam on Wednesday, Sept. 21!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 7, 2022
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As for next week's September 14 episode of Dynamite, two matches have been confirmed. In the ongoing AEW World Championship tournament, Danielson will square off against the inaugural AEW World Champion, Chris Jericho.
Plus, the winner of the match between Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin will face Jon Moxley in the second semifinals of the Grand Slam Tournament of Champions. At A Glance the two confirmed matches are:
- Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Jericho
- Jon Moxley vs. TBD
As for this week's Rampage, it will feature an ROH World Championship defense where ROH World Champion Claudio Castagnoli will put his title on the line against FTR's Cash Wheeler in the main event. Claudio's last successful title defense came against Dustin Rhodes.
Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin will collide in a match in the second round of the Grand Slam Tournament. As noted above, the winner of the match will square off against former two-time AEW World Champion Jon Moxley on Dynamite next week, in the second semifinals.
#AEWRampage is THIS FRIDAY at 10pm ET / 9pm CT on @tntdrama!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) September 8, 2022
-ROH World Title @ClaudioCSRO (c) v @DaxFTR
-Grand Slam Tournament of Champions Rampage Wild Card @DarbyAllin v @sammyguevara
-We hear from ROH World TV Champ @SamoaJoe
-@SerenaDeeb v @MadisonRayne pic.twitter.com/oC2rUxbK8b
At a glance, the September 9 episode of AEW Rampage card goes as follows:
- Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Dax Harwood - ROH World Championship Match
- Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara
- Madison Rayne vs. Serena Deeb
- ROH World Television Champion Samoa Joe promo