Continental & Women’s Tag Team title defenses added to AEW Grand Slam Australia
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AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley will defend against former IWGP World Champion and former AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita at this month’s Grand Slam Australia — one of two new title matches announced Wednesday.
The Moxley vs. Takeshita match was announced during AEW Dynamite shortly after both men were on opposite ends of a trios match as part of the ongoing feud between the Death Riders and the Don Callis Family.
It will be Moxley’s first defense of the title he won at last December’s Worlds End in the Continental Classic.
This will be their fourth-ever singles meeting dating back to July 2022 when Moxley beat Takeshita in a then-interim World title eliminator match. The two rematched five months later on Rampage with Moxley again winning.
Moxley defeated Takeshita in an then-IWGP World title eliminator at 2024’s Forbidden Door with Takeshita finally defeating Moxley in last year’s Continental Classic in Blue league action.
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Another title match added for Sydney will see AEW Women’s World Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath defending against Megan Bayne & Penelope Ford.
The match came about during Wednesday’s Dynamite when Bayne and Ford picked up a rare title eliminator victory, defeating the champions to earn the title shot. It will the third defense for Willow Nightingale and Harley Cameron
The two teams have been feuding in various forms since last fall.
Current AEW Grand Slam Australia card | February 14 | Sydney, Australia
- Hangman Page vs. Andrade El Idolo World title eliminator
- Toni Storm & Orange Cassidy vs. Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir in a hair vs. hair tornado tag match
- AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Konosuke Takeshita
- AEW Women’s Tag Team Champions Babes of Wrath (Willow Nightingale & Harley Cameron) defend against MegaBad (Penelope Ford & Megan Bayne)
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