AEW International Title Eliminator Tournament Announced & Kicking Off on 3/12 AEW Dynamite Show

AEW
Mar 12, 2025

AEW announced that they will be holding a new AEW International Championship Eliminator tournament to determine the official challenger for Kenny Omega at their Dynasty 2025 event, which takes place on April 6th at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This Eight-Man tournament was announced to be starting on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite show in Frenso, California and the winners of the First Round matches to advance to the Finals for a Four-way match at the March 19th Dynamite show in Omaha, Nebraska. The winner of the Four-way match will officially challenge Omega for the AEW International Championship at Dynasty 2025

Full field of competitors and tournament bracket schedule:

  • March 12th AEW Dynamite – First Round match – Orange Cassidy vs. Hechicero
  • March 12th Dynamite – First Round match – Wild Card vs. The Beast Mortos
  • March 15th AEW Collision – First Round match – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ricochet
  • March 15th Collision – First Round match – Mark Briscoe vs. Mark Davis
  • March 19th Dynamite – Finals Four-way match – TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD
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