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How an AEW Blood and Guts match works
Analysis
AEW's Blood and Guts puts two rings under one roofed cage. Wrestlers enter on a clock, there are no pinfalls, and a team wins only when an opponent submits or surrenders.
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An AEW Blood and Guts match has no pinfalls and no count outs. When AEW first announced the rules on Dynamite in March 2020, it said a team wins only by making any opponent submit or surrender, as reported by WrestleZone.
The setup
The match uses two rings covered by one giant cage with a roof, Cageside Seats reported from AEW's announcement. Wrestlers can move between both rings inside the structure.
How wrestlers enter
One wrestler from each team starts inside the cage for a five minute opening round. After that, another participant enters every two minutes, per Wrestling Attitude. In the first version, which side gained the entry advantage was settled by an earlier six man tag match on Dynamite.
AEW said the match officially begins only once every competitor is inside the cage. Until then, nobody can win.
How it ends
The only ways to win are a submission or a surrender. Escaping the cage does not count, and neither does a pinfall, WrestleZone reported. That is why these matches often run long.
The next one AEW has booked
The Don Callis Family accepted a men's Blood and Guts match for November 4 in Jacksonville, according to AEW's October 21 Dynamite results. Full results from that night are in RingZine's Dynamite recap.
This is an explanation of a published match type. It is not a pick for who wins on November 4.