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AEW WrestleDream 2024 Results

By John Canton • Published 12th October 2024
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The second annual AEW WrestleDream PPV was headlined by Bryan Danielson defending the AEW World Title against Jon Moxley.

This year’s AEW WrestleDream PPV took place at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The first ever AEW WrestleDream PPV in 2023 had a memorable moment to end the night because it was the debut of Adam Copeland in AEW.

There were 13 matches overall with nine matches on the main show and four matches on the pre-show. The commentary team was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness.

Here are the Zero Hour Pre-Show match results:

* Brian Cage defeated Atlantis Jr. to win the ROH World TV Championship. Cage won with his Drillclaw slam for the win.

* Anna Jay defeated Harley Cameron by pinfall. Jay hit a Gory Bomb for the win.

* The Acclaimed – Max Caster & Anthony Bowens (w/”Daddy Ass” Billy Gunn) defeated MxM Collection – Mansoor and Mason Madden (w/Rico) by pinfall. Gunn hit Rico with a Fameasser near the end of the match. Bowens hit The Arrival slam and Caster hit a Mic Check elbow drop off the top on Mansoor for the pinfall win.

AEW Owner and President Tony Khan did a yelling promo on the stage introducing two of Antonio Inoki’s grandsons since WrestleDream is about paying tribute to Antonio Inoki. They tried to lead the crowd in a chant that Antonio loved to do.

* The Conglomeration – Orange Cassidy & Kyle O’Reilly (w/Rocky Romero) and The Outrunners – Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum defeated The Dark Order – Alex Reynolds & John Silver (w/Evil Uno) and Premier Athletes – Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese (w/Mark Sterling & Josh Woods) by pinfall. Truth pinned Daivari after a double team powerslam.

Kazuchika Okada, the AEW Continental Champion, was interviewed backstage by Renee Paquette, who mentioned that Okada was cleared to compete. Okada wasn’t in a match at WrestleDream, but he said he was there to support The Elite. Kyle O’Reilly walked up to Okada asking for a match. Okada: “Let me think about it. Hell no…b**ch.” Kyle punched Okada and they got into a fight. Security broke it up while AEW EVP Christopher Daniels showed up to eject Okada and O’Reilly from the building.

It was onto the main show from there.

AEW WrestleDream
Saturday, October 12, 2024
From the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington

The commentary team was Excalibur, Tony Schiavone, and Nigel McGuinness.

Match #1: Jay White defeated “Hangman” Adam Page by pinfall. Page was selling a left knee injury all match because White kept going after it. When Page went for a Buckshot Lariat, he was slow to get into it due to the knee injury, so White caught Page and hit a Bladerunner for the win.

Match #2: Mariah May defeated Willow Nightingale by pinfall to retain the AEW Women’s World Championship. It was an even matchup where Willow tried a top rope Powerbomb, but May countered with a top rope hurricanrana. May hit a running knee followed by the Storm Zero piledriver for the win.

Match #3:Jack Perry defeated Katsuyori Shibata by pinfall to retain the TNT Championship. Shibata applied a sleeper on the mat, Perry laid on top and Shibata’s shoulders were down for a three count so that was it.

After the match, Perry got back up and hit Shibata in the back with a forearm. Perry hit Shibata with a TNT Title shot to knock Shibata down. Perry wanted to do more, but Daniel Garcia went down to the ring for the save. Perry stared at Garcia in the ring and then Perry left with his TNT Title. Garcia stood at Perry from inside the ring. The music of MJF hit as Maxwell Jacob Friedman made his way down to the ring wearing dress clothes. MJF has been back since AEW All Out last month.

MJF got into the ring with Garcia for a staredown. Perry went back into the ring and Perry hit Garcia in the back of the head with the TNT Title. Perry left. MJF took his suit jacket off and MJF punched Garcia repeatedly. MJF put his foot on Garcia’s throat saying that the last time he saw Garcia, MJF defeated Garcia. MJF said he has gone on to make several movies and several millions. MJF said that apparently Garcia had a bidding war while claiming that was about as real in 2024 as the Seattle SuperSonics, so the fans booed that because the Sonics aren’t in the NBA currently. MJF said he found his missing Dynamite Diamond Ring and now Garcia is going to kiss it.

Adam Cole’s music hit as Cole made his return after about a year of being out of action. Cole ran down to the ring to show that he was fine from a broken ankle injury last year. When Cole got into the ring, MJF left the ring like a coward and MJF went into the crowd. Cole did his “Boom” pose with the fans chanting along for it. Cole spoke into the camera saying MJF was a dead man.

Match #4:Konosuke Takeshita defeated Will Ospreay and Ricochet by pinfall to win the AEW International Title. Takeshita took out Ricochet with a Tombstone Piledriver-like move off the apron and through a table at ringside. Will hit Hidden Blade for two because Callis pulled the referee out of the ring. No disqualifications and no countouts in a triple threat match. Callis tried to hit Will with a screwdriver, but Will blocked it. Will went for a move on Callis, but a guy in a hood went into the ring and hit Will with a screwdriver to the head. The hooded guy revealed that it was Kyle Fletcher, who is Will’s best friend. Will looked up at Fletcher as if to ask what was he doing. Takeshita hit a running knee on Will. Fletcher put the referee into the ring and Takeshita covered Ospreay for the pinfall win to become the new AEW International Champion.

After the match, Will tried to get back to his feet, but Fletcher picked him up and Fletcher gave Will the Tiger Driver slam. Will was selling a left shoulder injury.

Orange Cassidy was standing backstage with Renee Paquette so Jerry Lynn was there to talk to him. Lynn told Orange that he has stepped up and if he really wanted to, Orange could be the man around here. Hook walked up to Lynn to say that he should listen to Jerry because he was right. Orange didn’t say anything.

Swerve Strickland did an in-ring promo joined by Prince Nana. Swerve thanked the fans for their support. Swerve gave a medical update talking about his medical issues while talking about the pain he put his body through and he said he was medically cleared. Swerve spoke about how he wanted to talk about his hometown and his people. Swerve claimed he wanted to talk about the past a bit as well as the future. MVP showed up with Shelton Benjamin wearing suits. MVP said that Swerve didn’t call him back or answer his emails or DMs. MVP told Swerve he must be thinking about the decisions he has to make regarding his future. MVP and Benjamin got into the ring. MVP said that he believed in Swerve before he believed in himself. MVP said he was the one who said our future was in great hands. MVP told Swerve his career was floundering right now. MVP said he was great at taking former champions and helping them reach the top of the mountain again. MVP wanted to talk some business.

Swerve mentioned beating MVP in a great match in Defy. Swerve said he has watched MVP take great stars and helped them ascend. Shelton said that Benjamin was a big inspiration for him. Swerve said that 12-year-old Swerve would love this moment. Swerve talked about how Shelton paved the way for black wrestlers to do what they do in this ring and that’s because of Shelton. Swerve said that the stuff that MVP is saying is not wrong. Swerve claimed he couldn’t remember what happened in the cage match because he was knocked out. Swerve said since being with Nana, he lost his childhood home and his championship. Swerve said, on the other hand, he said he wouldn’t have all of those things to begin with if it wasn’t for Nana. Swerve told MVP the potential of what they could do in AEW is great and he loves power. Swerve said with MVP and Shelton Benjamin, there’s a lot they can do. Swerve spoke about how he’s seeing his wages go up a little bit while claiming still sells weed to kids outside of hotels. Swerve said that the biggest thing he had to say about Nana is that he is family. Swerve told MVP he doesn’t turn his back on family for anybody. Swerve told MVP to shove his business cards up his ass because Swerve isn’t interested.

Benjamin told Swerve he may have misread the situation. Benjamin said that they were telling Swerve that there is no Swerve without them, so you’re either with them or against them. Nana shoved Benjamin and then Benjamin shoved back. Several referees and Christopher Daniels went into the ring to break it up. Swerve’s music played to end it. Swerve and Nana hugged in the ring.

It was announced that the TBS Champion Mercedes Mone will face Queen Aminata on AEW Dynamite because of a confrontation backstage on the pre-show.

Match #5: Hologram defeated The Beast Mortos 2-1 in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match. Hologram hit a Portal Bomb for the final fall.

Match #6: Darby Allin defeated Brody King by pinfall. Allin won with a Coffin Drop. They shook hands after the match.

Match #7: The Young Bucks – Matthew & Nicholas Jackson defeated Private Party – Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen by pinfall to retain the AEW World Tag Team Titles. The Bucks won with their TK Driver for the win.

Jim Ross joined the commentary team for the final two matches.

Match #8: Mark Briscoe defeated Chris Jericho by pinfall to retain the ROH World Title. Mark won with the Jay Driller that his late brother Jay Briscoe used in his matches.

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Match #9: Jon Moxley defeated Bryan Danielson by submission to win the AEW World Championship. Both men put up a fight and neither man was pinned in the match. They kept kicking out of big moves. Moxley hit Bryan with the Death Rider, but Bryan kicked out at just a one count. That popped the crowd. Moxley picked up Bryan and told him not to make him do it. Moxley hit a Gotch-style piledriver that’s sometimes called a cradle piledriver. Moxley applied a sleeper hold and took Bryan down to the mat with Moxley legs wrapped around the waist. Bryan sold it like he was passed out, so referee Bryce Remsburg called for the bell. That meant that Jon Moxley was the AEW World Champion again.

The AEW World Title win by Jon Moxley also means that Bryan Danielson’s career as a full-time wrestler is over.

Jon Moxley was on his knees in the ring looking at a fallen Bryan. Referee Bryce Remsburg was handed the AEW World Title and Moxley took the AEW World Title. Claudio Castagnoli, Pac and Marina Shafir joined Moxley in the ring. Moxley handed the AEW World Title to Claudio, who put the title in a bag. Moxley had a plastic bag in his hand, but Wheeler Yuta and Darby Allin (with a chair) showed up for the save, so the heels retreated. When Allin turned around, Yuta hit a running knee on Allin so Yuta was with Moxley’s group after all. Pac put his boot against Allin’s throat and Shafir used duct tape to tape Allin’s wrists to the ropes.

Moxley handed the plastic bag to Yuta and then Danielson backed into Yuta, which led to Yuta putting the plastic bag around Bryan’s head. The crowd gasped. Yuta told Bryan to stop moving. There were some skinny security guys trying to get in there and some other wrestlers, but Moxley’s group was fighting them off. Guys like Jeff Jarrett and Private Party tried to help, but they were beaten up.

Claudio Castagnoli put a steel chair around Danielson’s neck and Moxley did a hand gesture, so then Claudio stomped on the chair that was on Bryan’s neck. The AEW locker room finally emptied out. JR: “Where the hell have you guys been?” A fair question. The babyface wrestlers went into the ring, so Moxley and friends ran away to the back part of the arena. Darby Allin was freed from the tape that was used to tape him to the turnbuckle.

Bryan Danielson was placed on a board while the EMTs checked on him. The fans chanted “Thank You Bryan” while Excalibur was choked up trying to speak. Tony Schiavone called this the worst scene he has ever seen in his life. JR called it a scary situation that affected so many people. They showed Bryan in the ring getting looked at while Allin was at ringside with Orange Cassidy looking stunned by it all. That was the end of the show.

On social media, AEW posted this about the post match attack.

WrestleDream had a run time of right around four hours.