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All Elite Wrestling pay-per-view event series
Professional wrestling pay-per-view event series
AEW WrestleDream is a
professional wrestling
pay-per-view (PPV)
event produced by
All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Established 2023, it is held annually in October, as a
memorial show to
New Japan Pro-Wrestling founder
Antonio Inoki . The name of the event is a reference to Inoki, who AEW President and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Khan dubbed "wrestling's greatest dreamer".
History
On October 1, 2022 (September 30 in
Eastern Time ),
Antonio Inoki , the founder of the Japanese
professional wrestling promotion
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), died.
[1] Prior to his death, the American promotion
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) began a working partnership with NJPW in early 2021.
[2] This resulted in the annual co-promoted event,
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door , which was first held in June 2022.
[3]
In April 2023, AEW filed to trademark "AEW WrestleDream".
[4] During the
All In media scrum on August 27, AEW president
Tony Khan officially announced that AEW would hold a
pay-per-view (PPV)
event titled WrestleDream, which would be held in honor of Inoki, who was someone Khan looked up to in the professional wrestling industry.
The event was scheduled to take place on October 1, 2023—the one-year anniversary of Inoki's passing—at
Climate Pledge Arena in
Seattle, Washington , marking AEW's first PPV to be held in the state of
Washington .
[5] The name of the event refers to Inoki, who Khan called "wrestling's greatest dreamer".
[6] Despite not being a co-promoted event with NJPW, the event saw the participation of NJPW wrestlers
Satoshi Kojima ,
[7]
TMDK (
Bad Dude Tito ,
Mikey Nicholls , and
Shane Haste ),
[8]
Katsuyori Shibata ,
[9]
Zack Sabre Jr. ,
[10] and
Will Ospreay ,
[11] as well as Inoki's former student
Josh Barnett .
[12]
A
second WrestleDream event to be held on October 12, 2024 in
Tacoma, Washington was announced on April 11.
[13]
Events
See also
References
^ Defelice, Robert (September 30, 2022).
"Antonio Inoki Passes Away At Age 79" . Fightful .
Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022 .
^ Nason, Josh (February 4, 2021).
"AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship" .
Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online .
Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022 .
^ Barrasso, Justin (April 20, 2022).
"Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event" .
Sports Illustrated .
Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2022 .
^ Carey, Ian (April 24, 2023).
"AEW files to trademark 'AEW WrestleDream' " .
Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online .
Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023 .
^ Lambert, Jeremy (August 27, 2023).
"AEW WrestleDream Announced For October 1, AEW Full Gear To Take Place On November 18" . Fightful .
Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023 .
^ Carey, Ian (August 27, 2023).
"Tony Khan announces AEW WrestleDream PPV, Full Gear date & location" .
Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online .
Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023 .
^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 1, 2023).
"Keith Lee, Satoshi Kojima, Athena, And Billie Starkz Victorious In Eight-Person Tag At AEW WrestleDream" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Lambert, Jeremy (October 1, 2023).
"The Acclaimed And Billy Gunn Retain AEW Trios Titles At AEW WrestleDream" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Defelice, Robert (October 1, 2023).
"Eddie Kingston Retains ROH World And NJPW STRONG Titles Over Katsuyori Shibata At AEW WrestleDream" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Defelice, Robert (October 1, 2023).
"Don Callis Family Beat Golden Lovers And Chris Jericho At AEW WrestleDream; Sammy Guevara Pins Jericho" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Defelice, Robert (October 1, 2023).
"Don Callis Family Beat Golden Lovers And Chris Jericho At AEW WrestleDream; Sammy Guevara Pins Jericho" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Tessier, Colin (October 1, 2023).
"Claudio Castagnoli Beats Josh Barnett, Jon Moxley Appears At AEW WrestleDream" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^
a
b Lambert, Jeremy (April 11, 2024).
"AEW Announces Dates And Locations For 2024 PPV Events" . Fightful . Retrieved April 11, 2024 .
^
"All Elite Wrestling Event Results" .
All Elite Wrestling . Retrieved April 11, 2024 .
^ Tessier, Colin (October 2, 2023).
"Nick Wayne Betrays Darby Allin, Helps Christian Cage Retain TNT Title At AEW WrestleDream" . Fightful . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
External links
Personnel
Men's division Women's division Other on-air personnel Stables and tag teams Referees Broadcast team Backstage personnel Khan family
Programming
Championships
Accomplishments Sister promotion Partnerships
See also