{"id":194391,"date":"2025-03-12T12:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=194391"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:09:47","slug":"tony-khan-announces-aew-international-championship-eliminator-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/03\/12\/tony-khan-announces-aew-international-championship-eliminator-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Khan announces AEW International Championship Eliminator tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3858168029\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Kenny Omega&#8217;s first challenger for the AEW International Championship will come from the winner of a new tournament announced by Tony Khan on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyKhan\/status\/1899656869247173078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Khan announced that four matches will take place this week on Dynamite and Collision in the first round of the AEW International Championship Eliminator tournament. The participants in the tournament are Orange Cassidy, Herchicero, The Beast Mortos, Ricochet, Katsuyori Shibtata, Mark Briscoe, Mark Davis, and a wildcard entrant. 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