Best Friends advance in AEW World Trios Championship tournament

Best Friends have advanced to the AEW World Trios Championship tournament semifinals. 

Orange Cassidy, Trent Beretta, and Chuck Taylor defeated Daivari, Slim J, and Parker Boudreaux of Trustbusters on Friday’s Rampage episode to advance to the semifinals. 

Best Friends now await the winners of House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King, and Buddy Matthews) vs. Dark Order (John Silver, Alex Reynolds, and Preston “10” Vance), with those two teams set to face off on next Friday’s Rampage episode.

On the other side of the tournament bracket, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks await the winners of the Death Triangle (PAC, Penta El Zero Miedo, and Rey Fenix) vs. United Empire (Will Ospreay, and Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis of Aussie Open), a match set for the August 24 Dynamite episode. 

The tournament finals are set for the All Out pay-per-view in Chicago on Sunday, September 4, with the winners being crowned the first AEW World Trios Champions.