The AEW International Championship will be defended this weekend during the first set of shows for Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.
The promotion announced on Monday that new champion Konosuke Takeshita will defend the title against Josh Alexander on the second night of this weekend’s cards in Windsor, Ontario.
It’s Official! As first reported by @PWInsidercom, Night Two’s main event between AEW’s Konosuke @Takesoup and TNA’s @Walking_Weapon Josh Alexander is now for Takeshita’s newly won @AEW International Championship! Takeshita’s first title defence is this Sunday October 20 at… pic.twitter.com/4iItY7ltXB
— MAPLE LEAF PRO Wrestling (@MapleLeafPW) October 14, 2024
Takeshita won the International title at WrestleDream on Saturday by defeating Will Ospreay and Ricochet in a triple-threat match.
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling will run its “Forged in Excellence” events this Saturday & Sunday, which stream on Triller TV.
Saturday, October 19 at 7 p.m. ET
*Konosuke Takeshita vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
*Grail Championship (Vacant): Rohan Raja vs. Jake Something
*QT Marshall vs. Bhupinder Gujjar
*Tables Match: Bully Ray vs. Raj Dhesi
*Kylie Rae vs. Aurora Teves vs. Taylor Rising vs. Laynie Luck
*Josh Alexander, Stu Grayson & El Phantasmo vs. Trevor Lee, Alex Zayne & Rocky Romero
*Gisele Shaw vs. Miyu Yamashita
*KUSHIDA & Kevin Knight vs. Aiden Prince & El Reverso vs. Rohit Raju & Sheldon Prince vs. Johnny Swinger & Brent Banks
Sunday, October 20 at 7 p.m. ET
*AEW International Championship: Konosuke Takeshita © vs. Josh Alexander
*ROH Women’s Championship: Athena © vs. Gisele Shaw
