Last year, AEW made history by holding AEW Grand Slam in Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. This week, we’ll see what the promotion has planned for an encore.
Actually, scratch that, because we already know quite a bit of what’s in store, and it’s very enticing indeed. A total of five title matches will take place on Dynamite, which will air live from this very cool tennis venue. Chief among those is the all-Blackpool Combat Club final of the AEW Grand Slam Tournament of Champions, which means either Jon Moxley or Bryan Danielson will leave as the new AEW World Champion.
Could there be new tag team champions too? There will be if The Acclaimed (who everybody loves, or so we’ve heard) can dethrone Swerve In Our Glory. They couldn’t quite pull it off at All Out, but since both Max Caster and Anthony Bowens are from the greater New York area, maybe the home crowd will be the difference they need.
Toni Storm hasn’t been Interim AEW Women’s World Champion for very long, but she’s also in for a stiff test at Grand Slam. A four-way match means Storm won’t even have to be pinned to lose her title, so she’ll have to be on top of her game at Arthur Ashe.
Could Orange Cassidy win his first AEW singles gold? He’s been close on several occasions, and will get another shot on Dynamite when he tries to take the All-Atlantic Championship from Pac. And last but certainly not least, Claudio Castagnoli puts his ROH World Championship on the line against a man who has won more than a few titles over the years, Chris Jericho.
That’s a loaded card any way you slice it, and Tony Khan has referenced surprises and a “trick up my sleeve” as well. We wish we were in New York for this, but we’ll be watching and filling this post with AEW Grand Slam Dynamite results as they happen, so bookmark this page and check back if you need the latest.