The AEW World Championship will be on the line on the June 5th edition of Dynamite.
Champion Swerve Strickland will defend against Roderick Strong.
During Saturday’s broadcast of AEW Collision, a backstage segment aired featuring Strong and Tony Khan.
After winning the opening match of the show against NJPW’s Lio Rush, Strong confronted Khan and demanded the match. He said:
I was supposed to be the last man in the Forbidden Door Gauntlet. I was supposed to be going to Forbidden Door as the number one contender. Come on, Tony, you gotta understand, you’re someone just like me. You overcame your neck issues, you’re neck strong just like me.
Listen, Ospreay got lucky at Double or Nothing. I should be the number one contender. So I want Swerve on Wednesday. Give me Swerve and I will go to Forbidden Door and I will beat Ospreay as the AEW World Champion.
Khan responded that it was “a great idea” and made the match, with the winner to face Ospreay at Forbidden Door.
Roderick Strong makes a HUGE CHALLENGE for #AEWDynamite NEXT WEEK in Colorado!
Watch #AEWCollision on TNT!@RoderickStrong | @TonyKhan | @FACDaniels | @SwerveConfident pic.twitter.com/83dOVmv4kf
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) June 2, 2024
Kate From MTL and Bruce Lord will be going live with a full review of tonight’s show on Collision Course for POST Wrestling Café patrons at 10.05 pm ET.
