Lucha Bros. To Defend ROH Tag Team Titles On Next Week's AEW Dynamite
The Lucha Brothers will defend their ROH World Tag Team Championship against Blackpool Combat Club's Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta on next week's "AEW Dynamite." Castagnoli earned the right to challenge for the ROH tag titles after defeating Rey Fenix in a Double Jeopardy match on the 5/10 episode of the show.
Fenix and Penta el Zero Miedo of Lucha Bros. have defended their titles only once — against Powerhouse Hobbs and QT Marshall at Battle Of The Belts VI — since capturing the ROH World Tag Team Championship in a "Reach for the Sky" ladder match at Supercard of Honor. The brothers had won the vacated titles by defeating teams such as Top Flight, The Kingdom, Aussie Open, and La Faccion Ingobernable.
As of this writing, Lucha Bros. vs. Blackpool Combat Club is the only match confirmed for next week's show, which would be AEW's final stop ahead of next weekend's Double or Nothing pay-per-view in Las Vegas.
Next week, Castagnoli will get the opportunity to win the ROH World Tag Team Championship for the third time in his career, following his two reigns with former tag team partner Chris Hero. Castagnoli and Hero, known collectively as Kings of Wrestling, still hold the record for being the longest-reigning ROH World Tag Team Champions in history, a record they set way back in April 2010.
Fans on social media believe The Elite could possibly influence the outcome of next week's title bout, seeing as the Kenny Omega-led group will wrestle Castagnoli, Yuta, and the rest of the Blackpool Combat Club in an Anarchy In The Arena match at Double or Nothing.