The days following AEW All Out last Sunday have seen many changes made due to the backstage fight involving CM Punk, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, and Ace Steel.
During Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Tony Khan confirmed that Punk has been stripped of the AEW World Heavyweight Title. A tournament began on this same show, with the finals taking place at Dynamite: Grand Slam on September 21st to crown a new champion.
Bryan Danielson beat Hangman Page on this week’s episode and will take on Chris Jericho in a second-round matchup next week as Jericho received a first-round bye. On the other side of the bracket, Jon Moxley will face the winner of the Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin match set for this week’s Rampage on next week’s show.
MJF, who earned a guaranteed title match after winning the Casino Ladder Match at All Out, did a promo on Dynamite about how he will become the next AEW World Heavyweight champion. Moxley interrupted, and they teased feuding as Moxley told him to leave before doing a promo about wanting to be the face of AEW.
While speaking on today’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that the likely main event for Full Gear in November is MJF challenging Jon Moxley for the AEW World Heavyweight Title.
“Yeah, I got the impression that Moxley wins the tournament on September 21st, and they go to Moxley and MJF in November [Full Gear].”
Meltzer added, “It is up to those two guys to deliver. They’re in a position where they have to come up with the right storyline…the show is riding on their back most likely.”
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