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Tommaso Ciampa to defend AEW National title against Mike Bailey
Tommaso Ciampa won the AEW National title on Saturday by defeating Andrade El Idolo.
He will defend it against Mike Bailey on Wednesday during a combined episode of Dynamite and Collision.
The match will be their first singles meeting, though they have competed in tag team and multi-person matches together.
Bailey is seeking his first AEW singles title and has lost five title matches this year, including challenges for the World, TNT, International and National titles.
The defense comes before Full Gear, AEW’s event this Saturday.
The announced Wednesday lineup also includes a face-to-face between Will Ospreay and Kyle Fletcher, plus two other matches.
Tommaso Ciampa will defend the AEW National title against Mike Bailey on Wednesday’s combined edition of Dynamite and Collision.
The match is Ciampa’s first title defense since he won the championship on Saturday.
Bailey is seeking his first AEW singles title reign and has lost five title matches this year.
The two wrestlers have competed together in multi-person and tag team matches, but this will be their first singles match.
The event takes place ahead of Saturday’s Full Gear.
- Who
- AEW National Champion Tommaso Ciampa and Mike Bailey.
- What
- Ciampa will defend the AEW National title against Bailey.
- When
- Wednesday, ahead of Saturday’s Full Gear. Exact dates are not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Ciampa is defending the title he won on Saturday; Bailey is seeking his first AEW singles title reign.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Tommaso Ciampa defeated Andrade El Idolo to win the AEW National title.
Mike Bailey stared down Ciampa after the match.
Ciampa is scheduled to make his first title defense against Bailey on the combined Dynamite and Collision edition.
Full Gear is scheduled to take place.
- Champion
- Tommaso Ciampa
- Challenger
- Mike Bailey
- Title
- AEW National title
- Bailey's title-match record this year
- 0-5
- Scheduled show
- Wednesday’s combined edition of Dynamite and Collision
- Upcoming event
- Full Gear, scheduled for Saturday