Dave Meltzer noted on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that AEW President Tony Khan selected “The Aerial Assassin” Will Ospreay and reigning AEW Continental Champion “The Rain Maker” Kazuchika Okada to be the finalists in the Continental Classic because he wanted to make it the best tournament ever.
Meltzer said, “[Tony Khan] was adamant, in his mind, that he wanted to produce the best tournament — he wanted it to be the best tournament ever, but I mean, I’ll just go with the best tournament in the United States ever. That’s a more rational goal and that’s one you could at least argue for, and to do that, Okada and Ospreay was the match that you needed at the end, and they delivered. That was the match of the night.”
