Continental Classic (2025)

AEW Continental Classic

Tournament information
Sport	Professional wrestling
Location	United States
Dates	November 28, 2025–December 27, 2025
Tournament format	Two-block round-robin tournament
Host	All Elite Wrestling
Venue	Various arenas (see matches )
Participants	12
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The 2025 Continental Classic (C2) is a 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, 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 with no one allowed at ringside and outside interference 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 incumbent AEW Unified Champion – who holds the Continental Championship by right – Kazuchika Okada has been awarded automatic entry into the tournament.

Matches

Legend

Tournament final match

Tournament matches

Dates	Show	Venue	Matches		Time
November 26	Thanksgiving Eve Dynamite	The Pinnacle Nashville, Tennessee	–
Further matches to be announced.
December 27	Worlds End	Now Arena Hoffman Estates, Illinois	F	Participants TBA

See also

• List of All Elite Wrestling tournaments