The AEW All-Atlantic Inaugural Championship Tournament 2022 is a tournament that began on June 8th, 2022 to crown the first AEW All-Atlantic Champion.
History[]
On the June 8th, 2022, episode of Dynamite, the participants of the Inaugural All-Atlantic tournament were revealed. Tony Khan stated that the All-Atlantic championship represents the AEW fans watching worldwide, in over 130 countries.
On June 13th 2022, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) announced two qualifying matches for the All-Atlantic tournament via twitter, Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Tomoaki Honma vs. Clark Connors.
Participants[]
Results[]
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- PAC defeated Buddy Matthews to advance to the 4-way title match at Forbidden Door (10:46)
- Miro defeated Ethan Page to advance to the 4-way title match at Forbidden Door (9:31)
- Clark Connors defeated Tomoaki Honma to advance to the June 21 qualifying match (11:29)
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to advance to the June 21 qualifying match (19:37)
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Clark Connors to advance to the 4-way title match at Forbidden Door (13:21)
- Malakai Black defeated Penta Oscuro to advance to the 4-way title match at Forbidden Door (9:56)
- NJPW announced via Twitter that Tomohiro Ishii suffered a knee injury and Clark Connors will advance to the 4-way title match at Forbidden Door in place of Ishii.
- PAC defeated Malakai Black, Clark Connors and Miro to become the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Champion (15:10)