{"id":148870,"date":"2025-12-17T00:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=148870"},"modified":"2025-12-17T00:53:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:53:04","slug":"aew-continental-classic-week-4-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/17\/aew-continental-classic-week-4-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW Continental Classic Week 3 Recap and Week 4 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week in AEW’s Continental Classic (CC) was the most eventful and important week of 2025 thus far. The CC took a step up in competition and quality. The results from the match also prove that anyone can win on any given night. \u201cSpeedball\u201d Mike Bailey and \u201cThe Protostar\u201d Kyle Fletcher put on a 5-star TV classic<\/a>. Konosuke Takeshita and Claudio Cataganoli<\/a> also put on an absolute banger that gave us our first draw of the tournament. Both matches came at a time when All Elite Wrestling might be siphoning fans from WWE, following a bad week of PR.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bAfter this week, we will be more than halfway through the tournament, and almost all competitors will have competed in all but two of their matches \u2014 Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli will have only one left. Who will be the Mike Bailey of this week? Who will be the person to make a name for themselves and perhaps make the move to the top of the table?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bSo much has happened in the 2025 Continental Classic that it might be hard to keep up with what all of the results can mean for the tournament. Here is what happened in week 3, and what to expect for how that affects week 4 of the AEW Continental Classic.<\/span><\/p>\n

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MVP of the Week\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

Is there any other answer than \u201cSpeedball\u201d Mike Bailey? Bailey not only had the week of the tournament, but also, possibly, the week of his career. On <\/span>Dynamite\u2019s Winter is Coming<\/span><\/i>, Speedball went toe-to-toe and beat one of the best wrestlers in the world, and on Saturday’s <\/span>Collision: Winter is Coming<\/span><\/i>, he beat his extremely talented tag-team partner, Kevin Knight. With those two wins last week, Speedball has changed the perception of him being the \u201cpin guy\u201d of the group to a viable winner of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

With those two results, Bailey has positioned himself at the top of the Gold League table, in a three-way tie with Kazuchika Okada and Kyle Fletcher himself. Speedball still has work to do if he wants to advance. He still has Okada and a very hungry Jack Perry to face off against. While in a great position, if he wants to make it out of the group, Bailey will NEED at least one of his next two tournament matches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Results<\/b><\/h2>\n

\u200b<\/b>Dynamite<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

Gold: Kazuchika Okada (6) defeats Jack Perry (0)<\/span><\/p>\n

Gold: Mike Bailey (3) defeats Kyle Fletcher (6)<\/span><\/p>\n

Collision<\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

Blue: Claudio Castagnoli (7) vs Konosuke Takeshita (7)– Draw<\/span><\/p>\n

Gold: Mike Bailey (6) defeats Kevin Knight (3)<\/span><\/p>\n

What Do the Results Mean for Week 4 of the AEW Continental Classic?<\/h2>\n

\u200b<\/b>Gold League<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The Gold League has turned into the more tightly contested of the two leagues, as there is a three-way tie for first place between Kazuchika Okada, Speedball Mike Bailey, and Kyle Fletcher. None of them is allowed a letdown in their remaining two matches. The most meaningful match left in this league is Okada vs Speedball. The winner from that will more than likely reach the semifinals.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bThere is still a chance for Kevin Knight, Pac, and Jack Perry to make some noise in this tournament. That is why the Gold is the more intriguing of the two leagues. As unpredictable as this tournament has been thus far, it is still possible for anyone to make the semifinals. Perry is still going to play spoiler somewhere. He still has a match against Bailey, Fletcher, and Pac. It’s hard to imagine that the newly invigorated Perry goes winless in the league. Tony Khan could also be making a late run for Perry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bJack Perry is still the only wrestler with three matches left, with nothing scheduled for this week. He could make a triumphant and rapid movement to the top of the table. That would be a hell of a storyline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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