The three opponents Kazuchika Okada might be dealing with when he defends his AEW Continental Championship at All Out had been decided Friday night time throughout three separate matches on “AEW Collision.” Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe, The Conglomeration’s Orange Cassidy, and Konosuke Takeshita all superior for his or her shot on the title on Saturday in Chicago, Illinois.
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Briscoe defeated Lance Archer within the first of the Continental Contenders matches in what turned out to be a bloody match, the place each males spent a whole lot of time combating on the skin. Briscoe made his entrance first, however was jumped by Archer earlier than the bell even rang. Archer brutalized Briscoe, slamming him into the railing of the ring barricade till he drew blood from a lower above the champion’s eye. Briscoe would battle again all through the match. Archer hit Briscoe with a ripcord and put him on the highest rope, however Briscoe pushed Archer off to achieve some momentum. After hitting a Froggy Bow for a near-fall, Briscoe hit a sliding lariat and a second Froggy Bow for the victory.
Within the second Continental Contenders bout, Cassidy defeated the Studying Tree’s “Dangerous Apple” Bryan Keith. Cassidy went for his pockets to start out off the match, however Keith did not enable for it. Cassidy went for a giant dive on Keith to the skin, sending him into the railing, then adopted as much as hit it twice extra. Keith battled again throughout a break, however Cassidy began beating him down with dropkicks, then a number of of his lazy kicks, earlier than these changed into actual stomps with Keith within the nook. Cassidy hit a Stundog Millionaire adopted by a Seashore Break, however Keith kicked out. After a battle of reversals and close to falls, Cassidy hit the Orange Punch, adopted by a DDT, then a twister DDT from the highest rope to win.
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Lastly, Takeshita defeated The Beast Mortos in a hard-hitting match to cement his spot within the Continental Championship match at All In. Mortos began off the match sizzling, however Takeshita took benefit and obtained him out of the ring, then hit him with a dive excessive rope. Preventing on the skin, Takeshita rammed his opponent right into a chair at ringside and off the ring barricade. Mortos rocked Takeshita with a giant slap, then hit a tornado-esque dive by means of the ropes.
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Each males went to the ropes quite a few occasions all through the match, however at one level, Mortos tried to hit a transfer and appeared to slide, inflicting Takeshita to land on his shoulder. Mortos coated him, however Takeshita shortly kicked out. Mortos hit a spear, however Takeshita kicked out even faster at one. The boys caught one another with headbutts, gorgeous each other and themselves, earlier than Takeshita was capable of capitalize and hit the Raging Fireplace, a transfer he debuted within the G1 Climax, to win the match and advance to All Out to tackle Cassidy, Briscoe, and Okada.