WrestleDream (2024) explained
The 2024 WrestleDream is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the second annual WrestleDream and will take place on October 12, 2024, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. Like with the previous year's event, the show will be held in honor of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki, who died on October 1, 2022.
Production
Background
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,, which was first held in June 2022.[3]
The inaugural WrestleDream event took 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.[4] The name of the event was a reference to Inoki, who Khan called "wrestling's greatest dreamer".[5] On April 11, 2024, AEW announced that the second WrestleDream would take place on October 12, 2024, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, thus establishing WrestleDream as an annual PPV event.[6] [7]
Storylines
WrestleDream will feature professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines.[8] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision.
Notes and References
- Web site: Antonio Inoki Passes Away At Age 79. Defelice. Robert. Fightful. September 30, 2022. October 1, 2022. October 1, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221001013224/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/antonio-inoki-passes-away-age-79. live.
- Web site: AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Josh. Nason. February 4, 2021. April 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204143003/https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/aew-new-japan-pro-wrestling-establish-working-relationship-332261. February 4, 2021. live.
- Tony Khan Announces First-Ever AEW, NJPW Joint Pay-Per View Event. Justin. Barrasso. Sports Illustrated. April 20, 2022. April 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220421005905/https://www.si.com/wrestling/2022/04/21/aew-njpw-joint-pay-per-view-tony-khan. April 21, 2022. live.
- Web site: Lambert. Jeremy. AEW WrestleDream Announced For October 1, AEW Full Gear To Take Place On November 18. Fightful. August 27, 2023. August 27, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230828045934/https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/aew-wrestledream-announced-october-1-aew-full-gear-take-place-november-18. August 28, 2023. live.
- Web site: Tony Khan announces AEW WrestleDream PPV, Full Gear date & location. August 27, 2023. Carey. Ian. Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. August 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230829040612/https://www.f4wonline.com/news/aew/tony-khan-announces-aew-wrestledream-ppv-full-gear-date-location. August 29, 2023. live.
- Web site: AEW Announces Dates And Locations For 2024 PPV Events. Jeremy. Lambert. Fightful. April 11, 2024.
- Web site: AEW announces full PPV schedule for 2024, including events on back-to-back weekends. Cain A.. Knight. Cageside Seats. April 11, 2024.
- Web site: How Pro Wrestling Works. Grabianowski. Ed. HowStuffWorks. January 13, 2006. Discovery Communications. March 5, 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131129050844/https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/pro-wrestling.htm. November 29, 2013.
