Tony Khan Announces Major Change To AEW Championship On Dynamite

Major change for AEW Championship, with first defence of new title also confirmed.

by Michael Hamflett
Orange Cassidy Jeff Jarrett
AEW

The AEW All-Atlantic Championship is getting a reboot.

Tony Khan made the announcement last night, commenting that the belt was "levelling up" as part of some corporate synergy with upcoming movie "Shazam! Fury Of The Gods", and went on to announce that the first defence of the renamed "AEW International Championship' would take place on next week's edition of Dynamite from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Current (and new?) Champion Orange Cassidy will defend the belt against Jeff Jarrett, following 'Double J's post-match beatdown on him after Cassidy successfully defended the gold against Jarrett's Triple J stablemate Jay Lethal. Jarrett smashed a guitar across Cassidy's injured knee then bailed into the crowd ahead of the announcement.

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The match will mark Jarrett's first singles bout in All Elite Wrestling since he signed for the company since his in-ring debut last November. He's worked numerous Tag Team matches alongside Lethal and/or Satnam Singh and Sonjay Dutt, but hasn't yet strutted his stuff solo. It'll be his first singles match of any kind since last November too, where he was defeated by fellow AEW wrestler Matt Hardy in a No Disqualification bout at WrestleCade Supershow.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett