Tony Khan Says AEW Unified Championship Will Carry Lineage Of International And Continental Titles
Tony Khan comments on the future of two big titles in AEW.
AEW All In Texas will be the home to the first AEW match between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada, as the two rivals will battle for the AEW Unified Championship. That title will be formed by combining Omega’s International Championship and Okada’s Continental Championship.
During the AEW All In Texas media call, Tony Khan clarified that the International and Continental titles won’t be retired, even saying Omega or Okada could even carry all three title belts.
“I have never said I’m retiring the championships. I never said that. The Unified AEW Championship is new to us. Never before have two AEW singles championships been held by the same wrestler at the same time. It’s something very new. We’re very proud of what we built with the International Championship and what we built with the Continental Championship, which is most closely identified with the incredible Continental Classic Tournament, which has been one of the real strong points of AEW in the past few years. The Continental Classic will absolutely be back. The lineage of this Unified Championship would be intact with the International Championship and Continental Championship. I created one Unified Championship belt to represent not only the significance of this match, the winner take all nature, that there would be one person carrying the lineage of these two championships after the match. The belt itself represents the two champions who have gotten us to this point. Those two championships remain, their lineages remain, and the champion may even choose to carry all three championship belts. I wanted to create something special around this match and event.”
During the media call, Tony Khan also commented on the AEW status of Britt Baker. Check out his full comments on the matter by clicking here.
Fans can check out the updated lineup for AEW All In Texas by clicking here. Fightful will have full coverage of the show as it airs on Saturday, July 12.
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