More Continental Classic bouts, MJF & Adam Cole face-to-face set for AEW Collision
This Saturday’s AEW Christmas Collision will now feature four total Continental Classic matches after two new bouts were announced Wednesday.
New to the lineup is Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli in Gold league action and Mark Briscoe vs. The Beast Mortos in Blue league action.
Allin picked up a massive win over Will Ospreay on Wednesday’s Holiday Bash edition of Dynamite that created a four-way tie at the top of the standings. Allin and Castagnoli are two of those who are deadlocked with six points. They have met once before with Castagnoli picking up a win last month on Dynamite.
In the Blue league, Mortos is running out of time to earn his first points as he was defeated by Shelton Benjamin Wednesday. Briscoe has six points after consecutive wins over Daniel Garcia and Kyle Fletcher. It will be a rematch from August when then-ROH World Champion Briscoe defended against Mortos.
The show will also feature a face-to-face confrontation between MJF and Adam Cole. Cole finally got a one-up on MJF Wednesday during the latter’s in-ring promo. A vide of Cole and The Undisputed Kingdom aired as if it was live, but Cole snuck up behind MJF and laid him out with a superkick.
The new additions join the previously announced Classic bouts of Ospreay vs. Ricochet and Garcia vs. Benjamin.
Here’s the current lineup for this Saturday at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City:
- Adam Cole/MJF face-to-face
- Continental Classic Gold league: Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli
- Continental Classic Gold league: Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet
- Continental Classic Blue league: Mark Briscoe vs. The Beast Mortos
- Continental Classic Blue league: Daniel Garcia vs. Shelton Benjamin
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