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Although we’ve come to the end of the road, still we can’t let go … of the Continental Classic, that is (h/t forever to Boyz II Men). The tournament has come to its penultimate installment, giving us two potentially amazing matches tonight on AEW Dynamite at the Addition Financial Arena in Orlando.
In addition to the Blue and Gold League finals, MJF and Samoa Joe will finally get their hands on two of the assailants who have been plaguing them for weeks … maybe.
Who will emerge from the three-way battle to win the Gold League?
The Continental Classic Gold League has been a wild ride from the start, so it was only fitting that three men ended up tied atop the group. Jon Moxley, Jay White and Swerve Strickland will battle it out tonight to finally settle who moves on to the tournament final Saturday at Worlds End.
A case could be made for any of them to win, and it would be especially weird for Mox to not be involved in the crowning of a new champion. That said, it feels like Swerve’s time is now, and a victory here would be a big validation of that feeling.
Can Eddie Kingston make it all the way back from his rough start?
The story AEW has told with Eddie Kingston through the Continental Classic has been a good one. The Mad King put both of his titles on the line in the tourney, ensuring the overall winner would have three belts … then immediately regretted his decision after he lost his first few round robin matches.
Now that he’s made it to the Blue League final after winning three straight, he still has a huge hurdle to overcome in Bryan Danielson — whose narrative has also been compelling since he’s wrestled all his bouts with one eye covered. Something has to give tonight in Orlando, and while we’re leaning toward Kingston overcoming the odds again, that’s certainly no guarantee.
Will MJF, Samoa Joe finally get a real match with the Devil’s masked men?
While the identity of the AEW Devil was definitely the hottest thing going for a few weeks and fans are still curious about the eventual reveal, there can be little argument over the fact that the subplot has cooled a bit. Perhaps that will change when MJF and Samoa Joe get their long awaited pound of flesh tonight.
Except we’ve been here before and the Devil chose a sneak attack rather than a match. Will that change on Dynamite? We admit we’re curious.
Also scheduled for AEW Dynamite tonight:
- Renee Paquette interviews Mariah May
- Kris Statlander takes on Skye Blue
- Christian Cage and Adam Copeland have a sitdown interview with Lexy Nair, and we’re sure nothing will possibly go wrong
We’re getting set to break away from taking it easy during the holidays to recap everything that goes down in Orlando tonight. Join us here at Wrestling Junkie at 8 p.m. ET if you’d like to follow along.
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