AEW Continental Classic Final Set – During the New Year’s Smash edition of AEW Dynamite on December 27, the last two league matches took place to determine who will compete for AEW’s first Triple Crown Championship this Saturday at Wolrds End.
In the opening bout, Jon Moxley, Jay White, and Swerve Strickland battled in a three-way to determine the Gold League winner. After nearly a half hour, Moxley planted White with the Death Rider for the three-count while Strickland struggled to crawl over to break it up.
Later on, ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston took on Bryan Danielson in the Blue League final. The closing moments saw Danielson gear up for the running knee strike when Kingston nailed him with a couple of spinning back fists followed by the powerbomb before stacking on top of him for the three-count.
As a result, Kingston will now officially defend his ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight titles against Moxley while also competing to add the AEW Continental Championship to his collection.
After the match, Moxley made his way to the ring and had something to say. Here is a recap of the promo:
Mox says all he’s ever asked of Eddie every time he stuck his neck out for him, was that he gives 100 percent. He says for a guy who is angry at the whole world and thinks the whole world is against him, he says he sure has a lot of people that loves him. The fans roar.
Mox says everyone in Orlando loves Eddie Kingston. Everyone on Saturday is gonna love him, too. He says they don’t care if he wins or loses, they want and deserve his maximum effort. Mox says the problem is he knows him better than he knows himself. He says he knows he can’t beat him and he knows he can’t beat him so for his money, he’s already lost.
He’s already given up and he’s already making excuses. He says that’s not gonna fly this time. He says a couple of years go he let him die a warrior’s death but this time he says he’s not gonna give him a single favor. He says if he wants to become a triple crown champ like all his heroes, he’s gonna have to earn every single inch. Mox goes to continue but Kingston says no you’ve talked enough.
He took his mic and tells him not to treat him like his young boy b*tch. He tells him he’s his sempei, he broke in before him. He says the kid is gonna push him this Saturday. He recalls Mox once telling him he’s not allowed to quit. He tells Mox to show his fighting spirit, because he’s gonna show his and he’s gonna bust him up and enjoy doing it. They stare each other down to end the segment.
AEW Continental Classic Final Set
