AEW Dynamite Winter Is Coming 2023 Notes: Results, Updated Continental Classic Standings, AEW Tag Team Titles Match Added to AEW Worlds End

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Steve C.

Dec 13, 2023

AEW Dynamite Winter Is Coming 2023 Results – Dec. 13, 2023

December 13, 2023
Arlington, TX – College Park Center
Commentary – Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Taz

Quick Match Results

Hangman Adam Page defeated Adam Page via Dead Eye (pinfall)
AEW Continental Classic Blue League match – Andrade El Idolo defeating Brody King via Hammerlock DDT (pinfall)
Riho defeated Ruby Soho via Running Double Knees Strike (pinfall)
AEW Continental Classic Gold League match – RUSH defeated Jay Lethal via Sleeper Hold (submission)
AEW Continental Classic Gold League match – Jay White defeated Mark Briscoe via Blade Runner (pinfall)
AEW Continental Classic Gold League match – Jon Moxley defeated Swerve Strickland via Roll-up (pinfall)

Updated AEW Continental Classic Standings & Results

Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Winter Is Coming 2023 show featured four group stage matches for AEW’s ongoing Continental Classic tournament, three for the Gold League and one for the Blue League.

The first match was a Blue League match and featured Andrade El Idolo defeating Brody King.

The finish to this match involved King charging at Andrade only for Andrade to hit a spinning back elbow strike to lay him out. Andrade went to the top rope but was stopped by King and after some back-and-forth fighting on the top rope, King attempted a superplex only for Anrade to counter and dropped down slamming King’s head onto the exposed turnbuckle post. Andrade got back into the ring and picked up King to hit a Hammerlock DDT for the pinfall victory to earn another 3 points and be on top of Blue League.

Andrade El Idolo is now the #AEWContinentalClasic Blue League leader with 9 points!

Is he the favorite to win the Tournament?

Watch #AEWDynamite #WinterIsComing LIVE on TBS!@AndradeElIdolo pic.twitter.com/eiGK5iHePy
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 14, 2023

The second match was a Gold League match and featured RUSH defeating Jay Lethal.

The finish to this match involved Lethal attempting a Lethal Injection only for RUSH to catch Lethal and hooked in a grapevine sleeper hold for the submission victory to earn himself 3 points and keeping him in the race at the moment in the Gold League.

Rush is celebrating his #AEWContinentalClassic win with the Dallas crowd!

Watch #AEWDynamite #WinterIsComing LIVE on TBS!@TheLethaljay | @RushToroBlanco pic.twitter.com/DRGQh9WlZp
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 14, 2023

The third match was a Gold League match and featured Jay White defeating Mark Briscoe.

The finish to this match involved White hitting a Sleeper Suplex to Briscoe and followed it with an attempted Blade Runner only for Briscoe to counter with a T-Bone style Uranage. Briscoe went to the top rope and attempted a Froggy Bow only for White to put his knees up as a counter. White then hit a Blade Runner to Briscoe for the pinfall victory to earn himself another 3 points.

The fourth match was a Gold League match and featured Jon Moxley defeating Swerve Strickland.

The finish to this match involved Strickland hitting a Swerve Stomp to Moxley for the nearfall. Strickland then attempted to hit a JML Driver that was countered by Moxley who rolled up Strickland and held onto his tights while the referee was not looking for the pinfall victory and earning himself 3 points to stand alone at the top of Gold League.

AEW Continental Classic Standings (as of Dec. 13):

Blue League:

Andrade El Idolo – 9 points (3-0)
Brody King – 6 points (2-1)
Bryan Danielson – 6 points (2-1)
Eddie Kingston – 3 points (1-2)
Claudio Castagnoli – 3 points (1-2)
Daniel Garcia – 0 points (0-3)

Gold League:

Jon Moxley – 12 points (4-0)
Swerve Strickland – 9 points (3-1)
Jay White – 9 points (3-1)
RUSH – 6 points (2-2)
Mark Briscoe – 0 points (0-4)
Jay Lethal – 0 points (0-4)

Full match results for Continental Classic 2023 tournament:

November 22nd (Gold League) – Chicago, IL:

Swerve Strickland defeated Jay Lethal
Jay White defeated RUSH
Jon Moxley defeated Jay Briscoe

November 25th (Blue League) – Pittsburgh, PA:

Claudio Castagnoli defeated Daniel Garcia
Brody King defeated Eddie Kingston

November 29th (Gold League) – Minneapolis, MN:

Jon Moxley defeated Jay Lethal
RUSH defeated Mark Briscoe
Swerve Strickland defeated Jay White

December 2nd (Blue League) – Eerie, PA:

Brody King defeated Claudio Castagnoli
Andrade El Idolo defeated Daniel Garcia
Bryan Danielson defeated Eddie Kingston

December 6th (Gold League) – Montreal, Canada:

Jon Moxley defeated RUSH
Swerve Strickland defeated Mark Briscoe
Jay White defeated Jay Lethal

December 8th (Blue League) – Montreal, Canada:

Bryan Danielson defeated Daniel Garcia

December 9th (Blue League) – Montreal, Canada:

Eddie Kingston defeated Claudio Castagnoli
Andrade El Idolo defeated Bryan Danielson

December 13th (Gold & Blue League) – Arlington, TX:

Blue League – Andrade El Idolo defeated Brody King
Gold League – RUSH defeated Jay Lethal
Gold League – Jay White defeated Mark Briscoe
Gold League – Jon Moxley defeated Swerve Strickland

AEW Tag Team Titles Match Announced for AEW Worlds End

Wednesday’s Dynamite Winter Is Coming 2023 show also featured one new match officially announced for the card of AEW Worlds End, which takes place on December 30th in Long Island, New York.

This new match announced was an AEW World Tag Team Championship match of Golden Jets (Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho) vs. Big Bill & Ricky Starks (c).

This match was setup following a promo segment between the Golden Jets, Big Bill, & Starks that quickly went off the rails. Following some back-and-forth banter, Omega challenged Big Bill and Starks for their AEW World Tag Team titles at AEW’s Worlds End event later this month. Following some more insults filled banter between the two groups, Starks accepted the Golden Jets title challenge. Omega then gave his typical farewell message to the crowd and Starks and Big Bill and said the same would be happening to their titles at Worlds End. Following the segment, AEW commentator Excalibur announced that this match was made official for the event.

It’s official! #TheGoldenJets will challenge the #AEW World Tag Team Champions Ricky Starks & Big Bill for the Titles at #AEWWorldsEnd LIVE on PPV on December 30th!

Watch #AEWDynamite #WinterIsComing LIVE on TBS!@IamJericho | @KennyOmegaManX | @starkmanjones | @TheCaZXL pic.twitter.com/zOFaBiEGwH
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) December 14, 2023

Current card for AEW Worlds End:

AEW World Championship – Samoa Joe vs. MJF (c)
AEW World Tag Team Championship – Golden Jets (Kenny Omega & Chris Jericho) vs. Big Bill & Ricky Starks (c)
AEW Continental Classic Finals – Winner of Gold League vs. Winner of Blue League