Chris Jericho vs. Minoru Suzuki FTW title match set for AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts
After promising to come for Chris Jericho and his FTW title several weeks ago, Minoru Suzuki intends to make good on that promise as part of next Wednesday’s Blood & Guts edition of AEW Dynamite.
Suzuki made a surprise appearance on this week’s show, interrupting a Learning Tree segment with Jericho, Bryan Keith and Big Bill. He then pulled out a contract and said, “Next week.” Keith then read the contract where it was revealed that both he and Bill are banned from ringside for the match.
Suzuki first made the challenge on the pre-Forbidden Door edition of Dynamite when Jericho thought he was going to join he and Bill at the pay-per-view in a trios match. Suzuki then surprised him by denying that offer and making his intent known: the FTW title.
The two have never gone one-on-one, but have been on the same trios team twice and on opposite ends of a trios match another time — all in AEW.
Jericho will be looking to defend the ceremonial title for the third time since winning it at April’s Dynasty.
Here’s the current lineup for Nashville:
- Blood & Guts match: The Elite (Matt & Nick Jackson, Jack Perry, Kazuchika Okada and Hangman Page) vs. Team AEW (Swerve Strickland, Anthony Bowens, Max Caster, Darby Allin & Mark Briscoe)
- FTW Champion Chris Jericho defends against Minoru Suzuki with The Learning Tree banned from ringside