AEW Discussions For New Tournament Revealed

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AEW could be planning a mixed tag team tournament, with the discussion getting “tossed around” from time to time.

The Owen Hart Cup tournament is currently underway, with separate paths to the final for competitors from the men’s and women’s rosters.

AEW has a rich history of tournaments for both of its rosters, but an intergender one could be set to take place in the future.

Kenny Omega revealed that there had been some form of discussion during a recent Twitch stream, saying:

“I keep hearing every now and then that, you know, it gets tossed around… every now and then in AEW, the ramblings of having the mixed tag matches tournament

“Oh! Athena would be good (to face in a singles match). She really would be. Yeah, that’d be actually a real good match.

“But yeah, I keep hearing about the possibility of maybe doing this tournament.

“So I’ve put more thought into what a tag team would look like, rather than what a singles would look like, and then yeah, someone had said Mayu Iwatani and I’m thinking, yeah, that’d be cool to have her and someone team up or Starlight Kid and somebody team up. Those are two of my favorites from STARDOM for sure right now, and then of course, just countless others that have something special.

“Chihiro Hashimoto, yes. She’s incredible too. She would dump me on my head so terribly (laughing).”

Athena recently faced Mercedes Mone in the Owen Hart Foundation Tournament, with WWE’s Naomi reacting to the April 16, 2025, match.

Mixed tag matches aren’t unheard of in AEW, with the April 2 episode of Dynamite seeing Swerve Strickland and Willow Nightingale take on Jon Moxley and Marina Shafir of the Death Riders.

Transcript from Post Wrestling.