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Scheduled for tomorrow's AEW Collision: Grand Slam Australia in Brisbane, Australia:
*AEW Champion Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jay White & Cope, Adam Copeland in a Brisbane Brawl.
*AEW Women's Champion Mariah May vs. Toni Storm.
*AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone vs. Harley Cameron.
*Kenny Omega & Will Ospreay vs. AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher.
*AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Buddy Matthews.
The show will air on TNT and MAX around 10:30 PM Eastern (or whenever NBA All Star Weekend coverage ends) via tape delay.
For those of you attending the event, Ring of Honor will also be taping Global Wars, featuring:
*ROH Champion Chris Jericho & Big Bill & Bryan Keith vs. Bandido & The Outrunners.
*ROH Pure Champion Lee Moriarty vs. Robbie Eagles.
*ROH Women's Champion Athena vs. Alex Windsor.
*ROH Tag Team Champions Dustin Rhodes & Sammy Guevara vs. MxM Collection.
If anyone is attending, PWInsider.com is seeking live reports.
Much of, if not the entire roster set to be there are already in Australia. Chris Hero and Madison Rayne are among the producers who have gone over for the show.
Kyle Fletcher spoke to FOX Sports in Australia about the event at this link. On his growth since coming to AEW, Fletcher said, “Before coming to AEW, I never really had to do promos, and never really had to do any of that side of stuff. So all of that is new to me, wrestling on TV, working with commercial breaks. It’s hard, but I’m now at the point where I’ve got it down pat, and I’m really starting to hit my stride with it - and I think it took a little bit of time, but when I’m out there with this whole new character, this new persona, I feel so comfortable and I think part of that is just building this character that is me. And when I’m out there, I feel like I’m just myself. I can be myself, I can be a little prick, I can annoy people. That’s just me. That’s who I am in a nutshell. So when I’m out there, I’m just having so much fun, man. I’m really, really enjoying myself and I think that translates now and when I’m in the ring, you can tell I’m not stressed about it.”
Tony Khan told ESPN Australia that he wants to keep bringing the promotion back Down Under, stating. "We want to bring AEW back to Australia over and over again. Keep growing the fan base here, making new fans and bringing fans to AEW for the first time. It's a really exciting thing to have our first-ever AEW event in Australia this Saturday. Some of the best pro wrestlers in the world are from Australia, and they wrestle in an AEW. "You're going to see this Saturday, the best wrestling show AEW could possibly put forward in Australia at AEW Grand Slam. This is one of the biggest events in AEW year in and year out. The very first match at the first Grand Slam [was] Brian Danielson versus Kenny Omega for the first time in AEW -- what a match. It was still one of the greatest matches and moments ever in the company. And that's what we think of Grand Slam. It's an important, important event. That was our first Grand Slam, and that was our first show ever in New York City... and that's what I want to do here. I want to come to Brisbane and have a great Grand Slam event."
AEW Women's Champion Mariah May posted the following from The Australia Zoo, where a number of AEW stars were visiting:
"met toni storm at @australiazoo"
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