Story byJon Moxley on AEW Dynamite - AEW/Lee SouthSam PalmerThu, February 5, 2026 at 2:45 AM UTC·2 min readThe stars of AEW will be celebrating Valentine's Day down under as the second-annual Grand Slam Australia event will take place in Sydney on February 14, and Jon Moxley has been confirmed to be making his first defense of the AEW Continental Championship on that show. It was confirmed during the February 4 episode of "AEW Dynamite" that Moxley will defend his title against Konosuke Takeshita of The Don Callis Family, who scored a pinfall victory for the family in a trios match against the Death Riders in Las Vegas. Moxley has defeated Josh Alexander, Shelton Benjamin, and Ace Austin in Eliminator Matches since winning the AEW Continental Championship in the final of the 2025 Continental Classic tournament, but Takeshita will go into the match knowing he has the champion's number as he was one of only two men to defeat Moxley in the Continental Classic. With that said, Moxley does have experience in facing Takeshita in big match situations as he defeated "The Alpha" in an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Eliminator Match at AEW Double or Nothing in May 2024.