2025 Continental Classic

AEW Continental Classic

Tournament information
Sport	Professional wrestling
Location	United States United Kingdom
Dates	November 26, 2025–December 27, 2025
Tournament format	Two-block round-robin tournament
Host	All Elite Wrestling
Venue	Various arenas (see matches )
Participants	12
←  2024

The 2025 Continental Classic (C2) is an ongoing professional wrestling round-robin tournament hosted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The third annual edition of the AEW Continental Classic began on the Thanksgiving Eve episode of Dynamite on November 26, 2025, ^[1] and will culminate at the Worlds End pay-per-view (PPV) event on December 27, 2025. Tournament matches are held under "Continental Rules", which feature a 20-minute time limit, no one allowed at ringside, and outside interference is strictly prohibited. The prize of the tournament is the AEW Continental Championship.

Overview

Established in 2023, the Continental Classic (C2) is an annual professional wrestling tournament hosted by All Elite Wrestling (AEW) that starts after the promotion's Full Gear pay-per-view (PPV) event in mid-November and ends at the Worlds End PPV at the end of December. The tournament takes place in a round-robin format, with two blocks of six wrestlers – titled the Blue and Gold Leagues – wrestling each other across AEW's television shows, Dynamite , and Collision .

Matches are held under "Continental Rules": each match has 20-minute time limit, no other wrestlers are allowed at ringside, and outside interference is strictly prohibited under threat of penalty. Similar to most soccer leagues, match winners obtain three points for a win, and drawn matches give one point to each participant, and ties are broken based on head-to-head record. After the round-robin phase, the winner of each league will face the runner-up of the opposite league in a playoff match to determine the two championship finalists, who will wrestle each other for the AEW Continental Championship at Worlds End.

As the reigning Continental Champion, Kazuchika Okada was awarded automatic entry into the tournament. Two of his fellow stable-mates in the Don Callis Family, Konosuke Takeshita – who is also the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion – and Kyle Fletcher, announced their entry at Full Gear. ^{[2] [3]} The remaining nine entrants and the draw for the blocks was announced in a Selection Special on November 24: Okada, Fletcher, Darby Allin, "Speedball" Mike Bailey, Kevin Knight, and Pac were drawn into the Gold League; and Takeshita, Orange Cassidy, Claudio Castagnoli, Máscara Dorada, Jon Moxley, and Roderick Strong were drawn into the Blue League. ^[4]

Matches

Legend

	Gold League match
	Blue League match
	Semifinal match
	Tournament final match

Tournament matches

Dates	Show	Venue	Matches		Time
November 26	Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite	The Pinnacle Nashville, Tennessee	G	Kyle Fletcher defeated Kazuchika Okada by pinfall	16:46
			G	Kevin Knight defeated Darby Allin by pinfall	11:56
			B	Jon Moxley defeated Máscara Dorada by technical submission	12:55
			B	Claudio Castagnoli defeated Orange Cassidy by pinfall	12:28
	Thanksgiving Collision (airs November 27)		G	Pac defeated "Speedball" Mike Bailey by pinfall
			B	Roderick Strong defeated Konosuke Takeshita by pinfall
December 3	Dynamite	Fishers Event Center Fishers, Indiana	B	Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jon Moxley
			Matches to be announced
December 6	Collision	Greater Columbus Convention Center GalaxyCon Columbus, Ohio
December 10	Dynamite: Winter Is Coming	Gateway Center Arena Atlanta, Georgia
December 13	Collision: Winter Is Coming	Utilita Arena Cardiff Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
December 17	Dynamite: Holiday Bash	Co-op Live Manchester, England, United Kingdom
	Collision: Holiday Bash
	Collision: Holiday Bash (airs December 20)
December 20 (airs December 24)	Dynamite on 34th Street	Hammerstein Ballroom New York City, New York
December 21 (airs December 25)	Christmas Collision
December 27	Worlds End	Now Arena Hoffman Estates, Illinois	SF	Blue League winner vs. Gold League runner-up
			SF	Gold League winner vs. Blue League runner-up
			F	Semifinal #1 winner vs. Semifinal #2 winner

Leagues

Participants

Blue League		Gold League
Claudio Castagnoli	3	Kevin Knight	3
Jon Moxley	3	Kyle Fletcher	3
Roderick Strong	3	Pac	3
Orange Cassidy	0	Darby Allin	0
Máscara Dorada	0	"Speedball" Mike Bailey	0
Konosuke Takeshita	0	Kazuchika Okada (c)	0

Tournament overview

Blue League	Cassidy	Castagnoli	Dorada	Moxley	Strong	Takeshita
Cassidy	—	Castagnoli (12:28)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Castagnoli	Castagnoli (12:28)	—	TBA	Dec 3	TBA	TBA
Dorada	TBA	TBA	—	Moxley (12:55)	TBA	TBA
Moxley	TBA	Dec 3	Moxley (12:55)	—	TBA	TBA
Strong	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	—	Strong
Takeshita	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Strong	—
Gold League	Allin	Bailey	Fletcher	Knight	Okada	Pac
Allin	—	TBA	TBA	Knight (11:56)	TBA	TBA
Bailey	TBA	—	TBA	TBA	TBA	Pac
Fletcher	TBA	TBA	—	TBA	Fletcher (16:46)	TBA
Knight	Knight (11:56)	TBA	TBA	—	TBA	TBA
Okada	TBA	TBA	Fletcher (16:46)	TBA	—	TBA
Pac	TBA	Pac	TBA	TBA	TBA	—

See also

• List of All Elite Wrestling tournaments

References

1. Chakrabarti, Shounak (November 20, 2025). "It's Official! AEW Sets Long-Awaited Premiere Date For The Continental Classic". ClutchPoints.
2. Powell, Jason (November 22, 2025). "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Hangman Page vs. Samoa Joe in a steel cage match for the AEW World Championship, Kris Statlander vs. Mercedes Mone for the AEW Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Retrieved November 22, 2025.
3. Lambert, Jeremy (November 23, 2025). "Konosuke Takeshita And Kyle Fletcher To Compete In 2025 AEW Continental Classic". Fightful. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
4. Lambert, Jeremy (November 24, 2025). "AEW Announces Competitors In 2025 Continental Classic". Fightful. Retrieved November 27, 2025.