AEW has announced the brackets for the men’s and women’s Owen Hart Memorial.
The eight-person tournament will be kicking off at this Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2 pay-per-view and will conclude in Hart’s hometown in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Competing on the men’s side will be CM Punk Satoshi Kojima, Roderick Strong, Samoa Joe, Dustin Rhodes, Powerhouse Hobbs, Ricky Starks, and Juice Robinson. On the women’s side it will be Britt Baker, Ruby Soho, Skye Blue, Anna Jay, Billie Starkz, Athena, Nyla Rose, and Willow Nightingale.
Anna Jay and Skye Blue will open the tournament for the women’s side this Friday on AEW Rampage. CM Punk and Kojima will battle this Sunday at Forbidden Door 2 to open the men’s side. The ensuing matchups will then take place over the next week on Dynamite and Collision, all of which will take place in Canada.
UPDATED LINEUP FOR FORBIDDEN DOOR 2
AEW World Championship Match
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. MJF (c)
IWGP United States Championship Match
Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega (c)
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match
SANADA (c) vs. Jack Perry
Owen Hart Memorial Opening Round
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima
Owen Hart Memorial Opening Round ZERO HOUR
Athena vs. Billie Starkz
Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
Jon Moxley, Claudio Castangoli, Shota Umino, Konosuke Takeshita & Wheeler Yuta vs. Young Bucks, Adam Page & Two Mystery Partners
Le Suzuki Gods ( Minor Suzuki, Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara) vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Mystery Man