Teams Secure Advantages for AEW Blood and Guts

In a series of intense qualifying matches, teams for the upcoming AEW Blood and Guts event secured numerical advantages for the brutal steel cage showdowns set for November 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The men's and women's contests, marking the promotion's fifth annual Blood and Guts spectacle, will feature 10 wrestlers each, with the victors gaining the edge by entering an extra competitor earlier in the staggered-start format.

The men's Blood and Guts pits The Death Riders—led by Jon Moxley and including Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Daniel Garcia, and PAC—against a combined force of The Conglomeration's Mark Briscoe, Orange Cassidy, and Kyle O'Reilly, alongside Darby Allin and Roderick Strong. The advantage battles began last Wednesday on AEW Dynamite, where Castagnoli overcame Cassidy in a hard-fought bout. The two started with a brawl outside the ring before settling into technical exchanges inside. Cassidy landed a Stun Dog Millionaire and attempted his Orange Punch, but Castagnoli countered with a devastating midair uppercut for the pinfall, putting The Death Riders up 1-0.

Allin evened the score later that night against Garcia. The match featured back-and-forth...