TNT title vacated as plan to crown new champion unveiled for AEW Dynasty
The reported meniscus injury to Kyle Fletcher has resulted in him officially being stripped of the TNT Championship.
However, it won’t be long before the new champion is crowned as it will take place this Sunday at AEW Dynasty in a Casino gauntlet match.
The news was announced shortly before Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite with a match between Tommaso Ciampa and Mascara Dorada taking place on the show to determine the first entrant. Ciampa, a former TNT Champion, won the match and will enter first.
The second entrant will be determined on Saturday’s Collision in a match between Rush and Anthony Bowens.
Fletcher injured himself on the March 28 episode of Collision as he and Mark Davis picked up a win over The Rascalz. Fightful reported this past week that Fletcher sustained a meniscus injury in addition to other undisclosed “additional injuries” that are expected to keep him out of action for some time.
Fletcher’s second run with the title began less than two months ago with his win over Ciampa. He had three successful title defenses with the last coming on March 18.
Current AEW Dynasty lineup | Vancouver, Canada | Sunday, April 12
- AEW World Champion MJF defend against Kenny Omega
- AEW Continental Champion Jon Moxley defends against Will Ospreay
- AEW World Tag Team Champions FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) defend against Christian Cage & Adam Copeland
- Darby Allin vs. Andrade El Idolo with a World title shot for Allin with a win
- AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla defends against Jamie Hayter
- Young Bucks vs. Kazuchika Okada & Konosuke Takeshita
- Gauntlet match for vacant TNT title
- Zero Hour: Alex Windsor vs. Marina Shafir
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.