AEW World Champion Chris Jericho hasn’t defended his championship since his match with Scorpio Sky back in late November. But “Le Champion” won’t have to wait much longer to find out who will challenge him for the gold next. AEW confirmed during a YouTube video on Wednesday that a four-man tournament for the No. 1 contender spot will begin this week, with Jon Moxley taking on Sammy Guevara and Darby Allin facing “The Bastard” PAC. The winners of those two matches will face each other on the Jan. 22 episode of Dynamite (which will take place during the Chris Jericho Rock ‘N’ Rager at Sea: Part Deux cruise) for a future title shot.

Allin was the first to get a crack at Jericho in a Philadelphia Street Fight back in October and put up a valiant effort despite having his hands taped behind his back for most of the match. Meanwhile Moxley has had his eyes on Jericho’s title for weeks, going so far as to tease joining The Inner Circle before bashing Jericho’s head in with a champagne bottle last week. Finally there’s PAC, who has been obsessed with trying to get one more match with Kenny Omega in recent weeks and had repeatedly attacked Omega’s friend Michael Nakazawa backstage.

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