Continental Classic (2024)

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AEW Continental Classic
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Tournament information
Sport Professional wrestling
LocationUnited States
Dates November 27, 2024December 28, 2024
Tournament
format(s)
Two-block round-robin tournament
Host(s) All Elite Wrestling
Venue(s)Various arenas (see matches )
Participants12
  2023

The 2024 Continental Classic, colloquially abbreviated as the C2, is an ongoing professional wrestling round-robin tournament hosted by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The second annual edition of the AEW Continental Classic will begin on the Thanksgiving Eve episode of AEW Dynamite on November 27 and will culminate at the Worlds End pay-per-view (PPV) event on December 28, 2024. Tournament matches are held under "Continental Rules", which feature a twenty-minute time limit and strictly prohibit outside interference.

Contents

Overview

The AEW Continental Classic is an annual tournament 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 , Rampage and Collision .

Matches are held under "Continental Rules": each match has twenty-minute time limit, no other wrestlers are allowed at ringside, and outside interference is strictly prohibited under threat of a one-point deduction. Similar to most soccer leagues, match winners obtain three points for a win, and drawn matches give one point to each participant. After the round-robin phase, the top two wrestlers in each league qualify for a league final match, with ties broken based on head-to-head record. The winner of each league final match then face each other for the AEW Continental Championship at Worlds End. [1] For 2024, the format for the league finals was changed so that block winners would face the runner-up from the opposite block.

As the incumbent Continental Champion, Kazuchika Okada has been awarded automatic entry into the tournament. Daniel Garcia announced his entry at the press conference after Full Gear, and the other ten participants were announced in a "Selection Sunday" presentation prior to the beginning of the tournament. [2] [3]

Matches

Legend
 Blue League match
 Gold League match
League final match
Tournament final match
Tournament matches
DatesShowVenueMatchesTime
November 27 Dynamite
(Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite)
Wintrust Arena
Chicago, Illinois
B Shelton Benjamin defeated Mark Briscoe by pinfall 11:44
G Claudio Castagnoli defeated Ricochet by pinfall13:01
G Brody King defeated Darby Allin by pinfall9:35
Collision
(airs November 30)
G Will Ospreay defeated Juice Robinson by pinfall12:34
B Kyle Fletcher defeated The Beast Mortos by pinfall9:52
B Kazuchika Okada vs. Daniel Garcia went to a time-limit draw 20:00
December 4Dynamite Fishers Event Center
Fishers, Indiana
GClaudio Castagnoli vs. Brody King
BShelton Benjamin vs. Kyle Fletcher
December 7Collision Greater Columbus Convention Center
GalaxyCon
Columbus, Ohio
Further matches to be announced.
December 11Dynamite
( Winter Is Coming )
T-Mobile Center
Kansas City, Missouri
GClaudio Castagnoli vs. Will Ospreay
GBrody King vs. Ricochet
December 12Collision
(Winter Is Coming)
(airs December 14)
Chaifetz Arena
St Louis, Missouri
Further matches to be announced.
December 18Dynamite
(Holiday Bash)
Entertainment and Sports Arena
Washington, D.C.
GDarby Allin vs. Will Ospreay
December 21Collision
(Christmas Collision)
Hammerstein Ballroom
New York City, New York
Further matches to be announced.
December 22Dynamite
(Dynamite on 34th Street)
(airs December 25)
December 28 Worlds End Addition Financial Arena
Orlando, Florida
LFBlue League first place vs. Gold League second place
LFGold League first place vs. Blue League second place
CFBlue League winner vs. Gold League winner

Leagues

Participants
Blue LeagueGold League
Shelton Benjamin 3 Claudio Castagnoli 3
Kyle Fletcher 3 Brody King 3
Daniel Garcia 1 Will Ospreay 3
Kazuchika Okada (c)1 Darby Allin 0
Mark Briscoe 0 Juice Robinson 0
The Beast Mortos 0 Ricochet 0
Tournament overview
Blue LeagueBenjaminBriscoeFletcherGarciaMortosOkada
BenjaminBenjamin
(11:44)
Dec. 4
BriscoeBenjamin
(11:44)
FletcherDec. 4Fletcher
(9:52)
GarciaDraw
(20:00)
MortosFletcher
(9:52)
OkadaDraw
(20:00)
Gold LeagueAllinCastagnoliKingOspreayRicochetRobinson
AllinKing
(9:35)
Dec. 18
CastagnoliDec. 4Dec. 11Castagnoli
(13:01)
KingKing
(9:35)
Dec. 4Dec. 11
OspreayDec. 18Dec. 11Ospreay
(12:34)
RicochetCastagnoli
(13:01)
Dec. 11
RobinsonOspreay
(12:34)
League Finals
Worlds End
(December 28)
Championship Final
Worlds End
(December 28)
      
B1  
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