Jon Moxley will be in action on the July 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, which will be the first night of the Fyter Fest special.
In a tweet on July 11, Tony Khan announced that Moxley will face Konosuke Takeshita in an AEW Interim World Championship Eliminator Match. If Takeshita wins, he’ll earn a shot at the gold.
Moxley successfully defended the title against Brody King last week, while Takeshita is coming off a hard-fought loss to Eddie Kingston on AEW Rampage.
After @Takesoup’s amazing battle vs @MadKing1981,
AEW Interim World Champion @JonMoxley wants to fight Takeshita on #AEWDynamite!
While I won’t sanction it as a title match since Eddie won Friday’s bout,
if Takeshita wins Wednesday on TBS vs Mox then he earns a future title shot! pic.twitter.com/SeK9eNBKk4— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 11, 2022
Update: Khan also announced that Wardlow will defend his TNT Championship against Orange Cassidy. Wardlow won the title by defeating Scorpio Sky in a Street Fight. Meanwhile, Cassidy is riding some momentum as he has defeated Ethan Page and Tony Nese in consecutive matches on TV.
In 2022 Wardlow’s won the #FaceOfTheRevolution, became #AllElite at #DoubleOrNothing, + became TNT Champion last week!
Now @RealWardlow’s issued an open challenge for #AEWDynamite & his opponent is red hot fresh off back-to-back tv winsTNT Championship
Wardlow vs @orangecassidy pic.twitter.com/PfkkEdbpzX— Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) July 11, 2022
The updated card is as follows:
- AEW Interim World Championship Eliminator: Jon Moxley (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
- AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks vs. Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland vs. Powerhouse Hobbs and Ricky Starks
- AEW TNT Championship Wardlow (c) vs. Orange Cassidy
- Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jake Hager
- Serena Deeb vs. Anna Jay
- Christian Cage and Luchasaurus appear
- Fans will hear from Chris Jericho
WrestleZone will have coverage of the show as it airs.
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