00:01We are coming to you from Sydney, Australia!
00:06It is time for Grand Slam Australia here on TNT!
00:16And we are starting our proceedings off with a massive AEW Continental Championship match
00:26as the champion makes his way to the ring.
00:32And what a challenge the champion has in front of him, Jon Moxley.
00:36This is his first defense of a Continental Championship that he won, of course, when he won the tournament.
00:46But he's going to face a man that defeated him back in 2025.
00:54Your Grand Slam opening contest is scheduled for one fall with a 20-minute time limit
01:01and is for the AEW Continental Championship!
01:08Introducing first, from Cincinnati, Ohio, weighing 231 pounds,
01:15he is the AEW Continental Champion, Jon Moxley!
01:24Jon Moxley, of course, won the 2025 Continental Classic.
01:29He was runner-up in the Blue League.
01:32The man that was the winner of the Blue League.
01:36Jon Moxley, victorious over Moxley.
01:40And then two weeks ago,
01:42Tekeshta, guiding the Don Callis family to a trios victory.
01:47Calling his shot for the Continental Championship,
01:50but just a few days ago, it was Moxley,
01:52a measure of revenge on Tekeshta and the family.
01:56So it all comes down to this,
01:59to open up our telecast here in Sydney, Australia.
02:03Jon Moxley,
02:05Kenosuke Tekeshta,
02:07of course, with the Don Callis family.
02:08Take a look at this crowd.
02:10We have been here for the last couple of days,
02:12and it is a wonderful city.
02:14They've been so excited about AEW's debut in Sydney
02:19as we go back to the ring.
02:22And the challenger, from Osaka, Japan,
02:27weighing 232 pounds,
02:30the alpha,
02:33Konosuke Tekeshta.
02:36You see Konosuke Tekeshta entering on his own.
02:40No Don Callis in tow.
02:42I have to imagine Callis still afraid of Jon Moxley,
02:46but it's fitting, Tony,
02:47because this is a Continental Championship match.
02:5020-minute time limit.
02:52Absolutely no outside interference.
02:56And the reign of Jon Moxley
02:59as Continental Champion,
03:00which began last December,
03:04could be the briefest reign yet.
03:07We're going to find out.
03:08You take a look at this great crowd on hand
03:10here in Sydney, Australia,
03:12for our second Grand Slam Australia,
03:15Tekeshta and Moxley.
03:16It should be a classic.
03:19It is for the Continental Championship,
03:21our opening bout.
03:23A lot on the line here, Excalibur,
03:25tonight.
03:26Giving that blemish to Jon Moxley
03:28during the Continental Classic.
03:30He finished the tournament,
03:31Konosuke Tekeshta did,
03:33with 13 of a maximum,
03:3615 possible points in the Continental Classic.
03:40Really seemed like he was the odds-on favorite,
03:43Tony,
03:43to win the entire tournament.
03:45But it was the screwdriver
03:46that Kyle Fletcher planted,
03:48that Kazuchika Okada employed,
03:51that ended Tekeshta's Continental Classic run.
03:55Well, you can just feel it here.
03:58Tonight,
03:58this has a big,
04:00big game field,
04:01and it should.
04:02But the Continental Championship
04:04has become such a fixture in AEW,
04:06and such a championship
04:08that all wrestlers,
04:09all wrestlers,
04:13going to be a part of...
04:16They're even split
04:18against the Sydney faithful here.
04:20Support from both,
04:22Tekeshta and Moxley.
04:23Shoulder tackle.
04:25Not a man willing to give ground.
04:29Oh, Tekeshta!
04:31Slipped in that kick high.
04:32Looking for raging fire here
04:33in the early moments, Tony.
04:35Now, Deathrider avoided.
04:37How about both men
04:37trying to go for the quick win that time?
04:40And basically a stalemate.
04:42And John Moxley,
04:43look at this,
04:44slowly making his way.
04:47Looking around.
04:48Tekeshta's eyes focused on Moxley.
04:51Top to bottom,
04:51we have such a great card tonight.
04:54We're here for
04:55two and a half hours
04:57here on TNT.
04:58And this,
04:58our very second
04:59Grand Slam Australia
05:01last year in Brisbane.
05:04This year,
05:05Sydney, Australia,
05:06this city has been
05:07welcoming the entire team
05:09here at AEW
05:10with open arms.
05:13Penosuke,
05:14Tekeshta finds himself
05:15in the arms of the champion.
05:16John Moxley
05:16looking for full Nelson,
05:17perhaps.
05:18Tekeshta frees the grip.
05:21And now,
05:22looking to grab the arm
05:24of Moxley.
05:25Moxley, though,
05:26scissoring the head
05:27up to Tekeshta.
05:32Tekeshta
05:34frees the head.
05:38Eye to eye
05:39with John Moxley.
05:42Oh, look at this.
05:46And a clean break
05:47delivered by Tekeshta.
05:49Tony, we've talked about
05:50in the last,
05:52I think it's like a few weeks,
05:53but I mean,
05:53it's been more than a month
05:55about how Tekeshta
05:57seems like an odd fit
05:59for the Don Callis family.
06:01He seems to,
06:03trying to be,
06:04do things his own way,
06:06but keeps being dragged
06:08seemingly unwillingly
06:09back into the Don Callis family business.
06:12And of course,
06:13a lot of that,
06:13I think,
06:14has to do
06:15with Kizutsu Okada
06:17and the personal problems
06:19that they obviously
06:20have with each other.
06:22Nice side headlock
06:24takeover by
06:26Tekeshta.
06:26Moxley was trying
06:27to grind that forearm
06:29into the nose
06:30of Tekeshta.
06:31Tekeshta just cinched
06:33his grip tightly,
06:34and now Moxley
06:34though transitions around
06:35back into a side headlock
06:37of Moxley's own.
06:41This match
06:42starting out
06:43a highly technical affair,
06:45Tony,
06:46but we know
06:46Jon Moxley
06:48has his propensity
06:50to devolve
06:51into a brawling state.
06:56Moxley tries to tumble
06:57out of the way,
06:58breaks,
06:59looks!
07:00First shot
07:01of the night.
07:03Tekeshta
07:04gonna fire right back
07:05on Jon Moxley.
07:07Oh boy.
07:07And Moxley
07:08went back
07:09to the ropes
07:10on that one,
07:10but here he comes.
07:13I think these men
07:14are so strong
07:15and have such great
07:17explosion
07:18in their chops.
07:20I don't know
07:21who's gonna win this.
07:22And Jon Moxley
07:23just brute force
07:24Kinozke Tekeshta.
07:26Finesse technique
07:27on those chops.
07:29Oh, Moxley
07:30changes levels.
07:32Good idea
07:32by Moxley.
07:33Catching Tekeshta
07:35off guard
07:35but Tekeshta
07:36reverses.
07:36Back body drop.
07:41Tekeshta accelerates
07:42through the ropes.
07:42Swing and a miss
07:42by Moxley.
07:43Two misses
07:44for Moxley.
07:45Tekeshta line.
07:46Nobody home.
07:47And Tekeshta's momentum
07:48carried him to the outside.
07:49Jon Moxley's gonna take
07:51flight here.
07:52Oxley on the move!
07:54And crashing awkwardly
07:56to the floor
07:57and into the barricades.
07:58So Jon Moxley
07:59takes a big chance,
08:01goes on the outside,
08:03which I don't know
08:05if it's surprising or not.
08:06You know,
08:06Excalibur,
08:07sometimes I guess
08:07early in the match
08:09will take chances
08:10like this.
08:11Moxley built up
08:12so much momentum,
08:14he almost overshot
08:15Tekeshta.
08:16Very lucky in that
08:18regard as we see
08:18another look at it.
08:22Moxley back to his feet,
08:24up with the advantage.
08:25Tekeshta still reeling
08:28the mouth of the ramp there.
08:32For the fans
08:33are into this
08:34each and every move
08:35and we have a great card
08:36for you tonight.
08:37This is one of
08:38four championship matches
08:40on the card here.
08:42Remember our main event
08:42tonight,
08:43AEW World Championship
08:45title match.
08:47MJF
08:47versus the number one
08:49contender,
08:50Brody King,
08:50the man
08:51who just days ago
08:53beat MJF
08:55in an eliminator.
08:56to earn the opportunity
08:58to challenge for the title.
09:01Of course,
09:02the man
09:03that will challenge
09:03the AEW World Champion
09:05at Revolution
09:06coming up next month
09:08will be determined tonight.
09:09Will it be
09:10Hangman Adam Page
09:11or Andrade El Idolo?
09:15The Manstack Team Championship
09:17is on the line
09:18like we mentioned.
09:19One of the four title matches.
09:20Babes of Wrath
09:21and Megabad.
09:23Penelope and
09:25of course,
09:26the Megasist herself.
09:29Wait a second.
09:30Tekesha reversing Moxley
09:31sends him in the barricade
09:33and Tekesha follows
09:34the high boot
09:35into the jaw
09:36of the Continental Champion.
09:38Who's going to be
09:38shaved balled tonight
09:40and tonight
09:41it is match number seven
09:43between Briscoe and Fletcher
09:45for the TNT Championship.
09:46this time
09:47it is a ladder match.
09:49Kyle Fletcher
09:50defeating Tommaso Ciampa
09:51this past Wednesday night
09:52at Dynamite
09:54returning
09:55to his hometown
09:56of Sydney, Australia
09:57with the TNT Championship
09:59in tow.
10:00But will he be leaving
10:01with the title tonight?
10:02Yeah, that's the question.
10:03Mark Briscoe
10:05in a ladder match.
10:06He's
10:06certainly, I think,
10:08made for that
10:09because he is
10:09certainly durable.
10:11Moxley
10:12with the boot
10:13up into the jaw.
10:14Tekesha now
10:14pile driver!
10:17Could be it.
10:18Let's see.
10:19Tekesha landed
10:20under the rope
10:22that time.
10:24Maybe after the pile driver
10:26Moxley had a chance
10:27to maybe try to cover him
10:29but Tekesha landed
10:30really underneath the ropes.
10:32This is the fifth
10:33one-on-one encounter
10:35between Jon Moxley
10:36and Kenosuke Tekesha.
10:37Tony, something tells me
10:38Moxley
10:39he knows
10:40it's going to take
10:41more than that
10:41to put away
10:43Tekesha
10:43for the pinfall.
10:46Stepping on the throat
10:47of Tekesha.
10:49Stephon Smith.
10:52Yes, Stephon Smith
10:53the referee
10:53warning off
10:54Jon Moxley.
10:56Moxley
10:57looking to
10:57apply pressure
10:58to Kenosuke Tekesha.
11:00Tekesha
11:00trying to fight
11:01his way
11:02out of the corner
11:03battering the jaw
11:04of the champion.
11:05Oh!
11:05Moxley
11:06thumb to the eyes
11:08changing levels
11:08once again
11:09or changing tack
11:10once again
11:10sends Tekesha
11:11out to the apron.
11:12Moxley on the move
11:13and Moxley
11:14the drop kick
11:15sends Tekesha
11:15to the floor.
11:17Let's see if
11:18Moxley's going to
11:19take flight again.
11:20Maybe not fans
11:21we are coming to you
11:23from Sydney, Australia
11:24we continue on TNT
11:26at HBO Max.
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