The first Blue League match of the night saw Konosuke Takeshita take on Mascara Dorada. Takeshita was looking to become the first man in tournament history to go through the entire league phase without suffering a single loss, while Dorada needed a win to stand any chance of advancing to the semi-finals, and even then he would need other results to go his way. Dorada tried his best to stay in the sky as Takeshita spent most of the match trying to ground the luchador, and Dorada had his moments by hitting a Hurricanrana off the top rope and a Destroyer as Takeshita went for a Powerbomb. However, Dorada went to the well one time too often as Takeshita hit an Avalanche Lariat, a Power Drive Knee, and finally the Raging Fire for the win. Takeshita becomes the first wrestler in history to finish the Continental Classic league phase undefeated as he finishes with 13 points, while Dorada is officially eliminated with six points.
On the opposite end of the league, Roderick Strong walked into his final match of the tournament without earning a single point, leaving him to play the spoiler to whoever he faced. His final match was against Claudio Castagnoli, who would join Takeshita in the semi-finals as the Blue League runner-up with a victory. Both men wanted the match over early as Strong came out of the gates hot with a barrage of strikes and throws, while Castagnoli tried to beat Strong down on the outside in order to get the count out victory. In the end, Strong saw an opening and realized that Castagnoli was rushing everything he was doing and landed a knee strike clean on the jaw that knocked Castagnoli out and Strong secured his first victory of the tournament. While Strong might have only finished on three points, he did leave Castagnoli at risk of elimination as he finished on seven points.
The final match of the Blue League saw Jon Moxley take on Orange Cassidy, where a win for either man would see them join Takeshita in the semi-finals as the Blue League runner-up. However, if the match ended in a draw, Castagnoli would take the second place spot as he would be tied with Moxley and Cassidy on seven points, but would advance thanks to his head-to-head record against both men. The match didn’t end in a draw, meaning that Castagnoli was eliminated, but there will be some Death Riders representation in the Continental Classic semi-finals as Moxley defeated Cassidy. “Freshly Squeezed” had the match in the palm of his hand after a series of Orange Punches and a Beach Break, but Moxley snatched a quick roll up in the closing moments to secure the win, putting him on nine points and advancing to Worlds End.
With both leagues now finished, your Continental Classic 2025 semi-finals are Kyle Fletcher vs. Jon Moxley, and Kazuchika Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita.



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