Eddie Kingston’s Cinderella story scores win in AEW Continental Cup

Eddie Kingston was peaking into greatness as a double champion when holding the ROH World Championship and the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship. Kingston risked it all in the first Continental Classic, and that gamble paid off to become a triple champion with the inaugural AEW Continental Championship. All good runs come to an end as Kingston dropped all three titles in the coming months. Unfortunately, Kingston suffered a serious leg injury that put him on the shelf for 16 months. Kingston’s comeback has been low-key with a handful of matches in AEW and working off rust in ROH. When Kingston was announced to participate in the AEW Continental Challenge Cup, my initial thought was the potential for a Cinderella story. Imagine the reaction if Kingston pulls off the remarkable redemption angle. On other other hand, Kingston could just have easily lost his opening round match, and not many would bat an eye. Good news for fans of the Mad King. He achieved the first step towards glory by