The Beast Mortos teaming with Death Riders at AEW Grand Slam Mexico
Tonight’s featured 10-man tag team match at AEW Grand Slam Mexico now has a Beast involved.
Announced by AEW head Tony Khan on social media shortly before the event, The Beast Mortos will join The Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta) and the Young Bucks against Will Ospreay, Swerve Strickland, and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata).
Mortos replaces Claudio Castagnoli in the match who, according to Bryan Alvarez, isn’t hurt but was unable to make the show. It’s the latest good news in an already notable week for Mortos that included the revelation he is set to get his law degree and that he is dating Mercedes Mone.
It will be the 38-year-old’s first match in the famed Arena Mexico since June 2011 when he was known as Semental.
Here’s the updated card for tonight:
AEW Grand Slam Mexico card | Wednesday, June 18
- CMLL World Women’s Champion Zeuxis defends against Mercedes Mone
- MJF vs. Mistico
- Death Riders (Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta), The Beast Mortos and Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) vs. Swerve Strickland, Will Ospreay and The Opps (Samoa Joe, Powerhouse Hobbs & Katsuyori Shibata)
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Mark Briscoe
- Adam Cole, Daniel Garcia, Brody King, Templario, Bandido & Atlantis Jr. vs. Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, Konosuke Takeshita, Kyle Fletcher, Josh Alexander & Hechicero
- Ricochet vs. Hologram vs. Lio Rush vs. Mascara Dorada