Konosuke Takeshita to defend AEW International title at Maple Leaf Pro Forged In Excellence night two
Konosuke Takeshita’s first AEW International title defense is coming soon.
Maple Leaf Pro confirmed that Takeshita will now defend the International title against Josh Alexander on October 20 during the second night of their Forged in Excellence event. MLP posted a video confirming the news featuring Takeshita and Don Callis’ comments from the AEW WrestleDream media scrum where they promised to defend the title worldwide.
Takeshita won the title at WrestleDream this past Saturday, defeating former champion Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a three-way match. The finish had Callis associate Kyle Fletcher turn on his friend Ospreay, striking him with a screwdriver and allowing Takeshita to win.
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling Forged In Excellence takes place October 19 & 20, 2024, at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Both shows will air live on Triller TV as pay-per-view events.
Night one (Saturday, October 19):
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey
- Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something for the inaugural PWA Champion’s Grail Championship
- Bhupinder Gujjar vs. QT Marshall (w/ Harley Cameron)
- Tables match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi (former WWE wrestler Jinder Mahal)
- Laynie Luck vs. Taylor Rising vs. Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves
- Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee (the former Cameron Grimes), Rocky Romero & Alex Zayne
- Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita (If Yamashita wins, she’ll be added to the ROH title match on night two)
- Four-way tag team match: The Intergalactic Jet Setters (KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight) vs. Aiden Prince & El Reverso vs. Rogue Squadron (Rohit Raju & Sheldon Prince) vs. Brent Banks & Johnny Swinger
Night two (Sunday, October 20):
- AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita defends against Josh Alexander
- ROH Women’s World Champion Athena defends against Gisele Shaw
- Speedball Mike Bailey vs. El Phantasmo