AEW is set to deliver on Christmas evening a sleigh-full of bangers and drama at New York\u2019s infamous Hammerstein Ballroom. Like a stocking, the card is stuffed.<\/p>\n
The final five group stage matches of the Continental Classic make up the card. This year\u2019s tournament has delivered and built on the hopes and promise of last year\u2019s inaugural C2<\/a>. This will be exactly what wrestling fans need to wake them up after three helpings of turkey.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, AEW \u201cnewcomer\u201d Toni Storm will take on The Vendetta\u2019s Taya Valkyrie. There will likely be more surprises and storyline developments during this final Dynamite before Worlds End. If you\u2019re pondering what if Jon Moxley loses the AEW World Championship, check out this speculative analysis here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Flashes of light, now it\u2019s time.<\/p>\n Everything is still to play for as wrestlers in both the Gold and Blue leagues compete for those two top qualifying places. Masterfully executed this year, the tension and various combinations or ways that wrestlers can advance make it hard to call.<\/p>\n Wrestlers, either by their own initiative and drive or by luck, have the chance to advance. Nothing is for sure.<\/p>\n It is already a precedent from last year that a multi-man semi-final is possible. This could be how Mark Briscoe, with nine points, scrapes through if Daniel Garcia can beat Kyle Fletcher and Kazuchika Okada loses or draws with Shelton Benjamin.<\/p>\n The Rainmaker must beat Benjamin to have a chance of retaining his AEW Continental Championship and becoming the greatest tournament wrestler ever. Fletcher only needs a draw to finish at the top of the table. Yet TNT champion Garcia is proving himself a threat compared to last year\u2019s tournament.<\/p>\n Yet, the two or more that qualify for the semi-finals will not have an easy route when we consider who might qualify in the gold league.<\/p>\n In all three gold league contests, each result will matter to the winners as there is the risk of a four-way tie if Darby Allin can beat Ricochet, Will Ospreay beats Brody King, and Claudio Castagnoli falls in an upset to Kommander.<\/p>\n Ricochet, with a tweak to his character, has demonstrated how (with time) former WWE wrestlers can overcome the initial difficulty of transiting between promotions<\/a>. Ricochet is close within reach of the semi-finals, thanks to cheating.<\/p>\n Even though the man who is out of this world faces a battered and bruised Darby Allin, that\u2019s hardly an advantage. Does Ricochet have something in his bag of tricks that will eliminate Allin from the tournament?<\/p>\n Kommander is riding the emotions and momentum of winning the Ring of Honor TV Championship at Final Battle. Fighting in the same venue and it being nearly Christmas, can a miracle on 34th<\/sup> Street happen?<\/p>\n Is Will Ospreay underperforming? Lost what was likely the best TV wrestling match of 2024 on Dynamite last week then falling against Ricochet on Collision. The Billy GOAT has something to prove.<\/p>\n As has Brody King who justifiably feels cheated from several victories. This match is likely to be hard-hitting and vicious and embodies AEW\u2019s mantra of wins and losses matter.<\/p>\n Header photo \u2013\u00a0AEW\u00a0\u2013 Stay tun<\/em>ed to the\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0 You can catch AEW Dynamite on Wednesday nights at 8 PM ET on TBS. AEW Rampage airs on TNT at 10 PM EST every Friday night. AEW Collision airs Saturday at 8pm Eastern on TNT. More AEW content available on their\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AEW is set to deliver on Christmas evening a sleigh-full of bangers and drama at New York\u2019s infamous Hammerstein Ballroom. Like a stocking, the card is stuffed. The final five group stage matches of the Continental Classic make up the card. 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