In 2023, AEW introduced the Continental Classic, which is a round-robin tournament that happens throughout November and December to crown the AEW Continental Champion. This 12 months will mark the third ever Continental Classic in history, with the finals of the tournament happening at Worlds End like usual, nevertheless it looks like lots of the round-robin matchups will happen overseas this time around.
This coming December, AEW is scheduled to debut in town of Manchester, England, leading company President Tony Khan to verify in an interview with “Z100 Recent York” that multiple Continental Classic matches will happen during their tour of the UK.
“We have been to the UK, we’re going back. We’ll debut in Manchester later this 12 months. I’m really enthusiastic about that. I’m excited to bring the Continental Classic to Manchester and back to Cardiff which is an excellent venue for us. But Manchester might be a brand new city … next 12 months I believe particularly in Europe there might be more opportunities. We’re definitely going back to London next 12 months. Everyone knows that. I’m very excited to bring AEW All In back to Wembley Stadium.”
Khan also touched on the corporate returning to Australia next 12 months for AEW Grand Slam, stating that he’s excited to bring the Jacksonville-based promotion to more cities within the country. “I’m continued [with] really excitement about going back to Australia and seeing recent places in Australia. We had an excellent debut in Brisbane and I’m excited to return to Australia and visit more cities over the approaching years and likewise to go tour Europe more extensively.”
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