The Infantry are formally within the quarterfinals of the AEW Tag Team Title Tournament!
AEW Collision featured a tag group match between the House of Black’s Brody King and Buddy Matthews and the Infantry’s Shawn Dean and Carlie Bravo. The stakes within the match have been excessive because the winner heads to the quarterfinal of the AEW World Tag Team Tournament to probably be topped the brand new tag group champions. Sting and Darby Allin have been the earlier titleholders, however when Sting retired with the belt at AEW Revolution a couple of weeks in the past, it opened up new alternatives for tag groups in AEW to rise to the event.
It appeared just like the Infantry would haven’t any probability on this match in opposition to a dominating group just like the HOB. With the ability of King and the pace of Matthews, the outcome was made early by followers … or was it?
In a stunning flip of occasions, the Infantry picked up the win, utilizing a distraction from Mark Briscoe throwing a chair at Matthews and King chasing him off to get a fast pin. Dean and Bravo now head to the quarterfinal to face off in opposition to FTR. In a backstage unique following the match, Bravo and Dean have been on a excessive from their win. “Man, Bravo, we done slipped into the next round baby,” Dean displays. “You know in war man, it’s not about how you win, it’s if you win. You know what I’m talking about? We done been through a lot of battles man, and every battle ain’t gonna go according to plan. But tonight? Everything went to plan.”
Bravo interjects, noting that many individuals have been fast to depend the group out early. “Here’s my issue. They tried to count us out, right?They act like we wasn’t supposed to be here. We wasn’t supposed to make it out of the city, we wasn’t supposed to make it out of war. We wasn’t supposed to be in AEW. We wasn’t supposed to be in this tag tournament. But hey — plot twist! We in it and we won it. Now what everybody got to say? What, you thought this was a game? Sometimes in war you’re gonna realize it ain’t about attacking. Sometimes it’s about survival and that’s exactly what we had to do tonight — survive.”
EXCLUSIVE: “It’s about SURVIVAL.” The Infantry have shocked the world and superior within the #AEW World Tag Team Tournament!@CarlieBravo | @ShawnDean773 pic.twitter.com/AvzljlNLUM
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) March 17, 2024
If they will make it out of that match, they’ll face the winner of Ricky Starks and Big Bill vs. Top Flight within the semifinal spherical. The different aspect of the bracket additionally has a “wild card” match, with Best Friends set to go up in opposition to the Don Callis Family. Whoever wins that match will head into the quarterfinal spherical in opposition to the Undisputed Kingdom and, ultimately, the winner of Young Bucks vs. Private Party.
The finals will happen at AEW Dynasty on April 21 in St. Louis, MO. As of this writing, in response to WrestleTix, the inaugural April pay-per-view has already bought over 5,000 tickets with simply over a month till present time and one match made official — Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay.
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