AEW announces change in how Continental Classic winner will be determined

The second-ever AEW Continental Classic has already undergone a big change in how the winner of the tournament will be determined.

Announced during Wednesday’s Dynamite as the tournament kicked off in Chicago, the winner will be still be determined at the company’s final pay-per-view of the year: Worlds End on Saturday, December 28th from Orlando, Florida.

However, it will not simply be the winners of the Blue and Gold league squaring off as what happened last year.

Instead, at the PPV, the Gold league winner will take on the runner-up of the Blue league while the Blue league winner will face the runner up of the Gold league. The winners of those matches will then square off in the finals later that night with the tournament winner taking home the Continental title.

The tournament began during Wednesday’s Dynamite with three matches and will continue on Saturday’s Collision.

Eddie Kingston won last year’s tournament to become the Continental Crown champion, becoming the inaugural Continental Champion to go with the ROH World title and NJPW Strong title.