>>16613642Honestly, the best decision they could make is to make the Continental championship akin to Lucha Underground's "Gift of the Gods" Championship, where the point of the belt is that the champion has the right to cash in the belt at any time for a championship match for the belt of his choosing, but until said point, they must defend the belt like a normal championship belt.
Once the belt is cashed in it becomes vacant until the next Continental Classic, if the champion does not cash in the belt in the 12 months since winning the tournament, he has to vacate the belt and compete in the tournament to retain it, like what Okada just did.
Obviously if this was to happen, they would need to make the Casino Gauntlet Match for something different, since you wouldn't want two "contracts" for a World Title match floating around at the same time.
