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Blood & Guts
Promotional poster featuring Team AEW and Team Elite
PromotionAll Elite Wrestling
DateJuly 24, 2024
CityNashville, Tennessee
VenueBridgestone Arena
Attendance5,009
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The 2024 Blood & Guts was a professional wrestling television special produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was the fourth annual Blood & Guts event and took place on July 24, 2024, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. The event was broadcast live as a special episode of AEW's flagship weekly television program, Wednesday Night Dynamite on TBS. The July 26 episode of Friday Night Rampage on TNT, which was a special episode titled Royal Rampage and the third annual Royal Rampage, was also taped the same night immediately after the live broadcast of Blood & Guts. The show is based around the Blood and Guts match, a type of steel cage match that surrounds two rings placed side by side.

Five matches were contested during the live broadcast of Blood & Guts, with an additional three matches taped for Royal Rampage. In the main event, which was a Blood and Guts match, Team AEW (Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, Max Caster, and Anthony Bowens) defeated Team Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, and "Hangman" Adam Page) by surrender. In other prominent matches, Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. defeated Hikaru Shida, and in the opening bout, Chris Jericho defeated Minoru Suzuki in an FTW Rules match to retain the FTW Championship. The event also featured the debut of former NWA wrestler Kamille in her first appearance since 2021, confirmed to have signed with AEW full-time.

Production

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Background

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Blood & Guts is an annual television special produced by the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2021. The event airs mid-year as a special episode of the company's flagship weekly program, Wednesday Night Dynamite. The concept of the event comes from the Blood and Guts match, which is AEW's version of the classic WarGames match in which two teams fight inside a roofed cell structure that surrounds two rings placed side-by-side and is contested as the main event match of the card.[1] Since 2022, a special episode of Friday Night Rampage called Royal Rampage has been taped in conjunction with Blood & Guts.[2]

On June 12, 2024, AEW announced that the fourth annual Blood & Guts would air live as the July 24 episode of Dynamite on TBS and would be held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[3] Additionally, it was announced that the July 26 episode of Rampage would be taped immediately after the live broadcast of Blood & Guts and would air on tape delay on TNT as the third annual Royal Rampage special.[4]

Storylines

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Other on-screen personnel
Role Name
Commentators Excalibur (both shows)
Tony Schiavone (both shows)
Taz (Dynamite)
Matt Menard (Rampage)
Ring announcers Justin Roberts (Dynamite)
Bobby Cruise (Rampage)
Referees Aubrey Edwards
Bryce Remsburg
Paul Turner
Rick Knox
Stephon Smith
Interviewers Renee Paquette
Alex Marvez

Blood & Guts featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines.[5] Storylines were produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite, Rampage, and Collision, and The Dark Order's YouTube series Being The Dark Order.

At Forbidden Door, Jack Perry won the AEW TNT Championship in a match with five other participants, including Mark Briscoe.[6] At Dynamite: Beach Break, Briscoe said that Perry got lucky only for Perry to appear and attack Briscoe with the championship belt. Kyle O'Reilly came out and defended Briscoe and attacked Perry but Perry's Elite stablemates, The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson and Nicholas Jackson) and Kazuchika Okada, ran out and laid out O'Reilly and Briscoe until The Acclaimed (Max Caster and Anthony Bowens) confronted them and The Elite retreated.[7] Soon after it was announced that Mark Briscoe and four others would face The Elite in a Blood and Guts match at Blood & Guts with The Elite needing to find a fifth member for their team.[8] The Elite originally asked "Hangman" Adam Page, who was formerly apart of The Elite, but he refused. They then attempted to recruit AEW World Champion Swerve Strickland, who denied and joined Team AEW. On the July 10 episode of Dynamite, Page, who had a heated history with Strickland, lost in the Owen Hart Cup final, preventing him from having another match against Strickland. Afterwards, Page confronted The Elite and reluctantly agreed to be their fifth member as it would allow him to fight Strickland.[9] The Acclaimed were then soon added as members to Team AEW, but they still needed a fifth member. At Dynamite 250, both teams confronted each other from the ramp until Darby Allin descended from the rafters, making him the fifth member of Team AEW as both teams proceeded to brawl on the ramp.[10]

On the June 26 episode of Dynamite, Minoru Suzuki appeared on the TitanTron as Chris Jericho wanted Suzuki to be his and Big Bill's trio partner at Forbidden Door. However, Suzuki instead challenged Jericho to a match at Forbidden Door for the FTW Championship but Jericho refused.[11] At Dynamite 250 on July 17, Suzuki again confronted Jericho, this time face-to-face and challenged Jericho to a match the following week at Blood & Guts, which Jericho this time accepted.[12]

On the July 20 episode of Collision, Hikaru Shida faced Skye Blue in a match that ended due to referee stoppage after Blue became injured and could not continue. Shida then challenged Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. to a match at Blood & Guts, which was subsequently made official.[13]

After winning the women's Owen Hart Cup and turning on AEW Women's World Champion "Timeless" Toni Storm, AEW announced that Mariah May would debut under a new gimmick called "The Glamour" at Blood & Guts.[14]

Results

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Dynamite (aired live July 24)
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[19]
1Chris Jericho (c) defeated Minoru Suzuki by pinfallFTW Rules match for the FTW Championship[15]
The Learning Tree (Big Bill and Bryan Keith) were barred from ringside.		13:55
2Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. defeated Hikaru Shida by submissionSingles match[16]10:15
3Pac defeated Boulder (with Bronson and Jacked Jameson) by pinfallSingles match1:45
4"The Glamour" Mariah May defeated Kaitland Alexis by pinfallSingles match[17]1:25
5Team AEW (Swerve Strickland, Mark Briscoe, Darby Allin, Max Caster, and Anthony Bowens) (with Prince Nana, Jeff Jarrett, and Billy Gunn) defeated Team Elite (Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, Kazuchika Okada, Jack Perry, and "Hangman" Adam Page) by surrender[Note 1]Blood and Guts match[18]
Match could be won by submission or surrender.		48:40
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
Rampage (will air on tape delay July 26)
No.ResultsStipulations
1Darby Allin won by last eliminating Claudio Castagnoli20-man Royal Rampage Battle Royal for an AEW World Championship match at Grand Slam[20]
2Kris Statlander (with Stokely Hathaway) defeated Leila Grey by pinfallSingles match[21]
3Lance Archer defeated TBA by pinfallSingles match[22]
4The Don Callis Family (Kyle Fletcher and Rush) defeated The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd and Truth Magnum), The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch), and Private Party ("Brother Zay" Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) by pinfallFour-way tag team match[23]
  1. ^ Matthew Jackson surrendered on Perry's behalf, resulting in Team AEW winning the match.

References

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  1. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (February 29, 2020). "AEW Dynamite: Blood & Guts Announced For March 25, WarGames Style Match To Be Featured". Fightful. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  2. ^ Boone, Matt (June 29, 2022). "AEW Rampage To Feature "Royal Rampage" No. 1 Contender Match & More This Friday (7/1/2022)". PWMania. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Ruth, Daisy (June 12, 2024). "The Elite Announce Participation In 2024 Blood & Guts, Seek Fifth member on AEW Dynamite". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Rose, Bryan (July 23, 2024). "AEW announces return of Royal Rampage battle royal". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Forbidden Door 2024 Results". All Elite Wrestling. June 30, 2024. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  7. ^ Quinlan, Olivia (July 3, 2024). "AEW Dynamite: Beach Break Results 7/3 - Garcia Challenges Ospreay For International Title, Britt Baker Appears". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  8. ^ Walker, Christopher (July 18, 2024). "AEW Dynamite - Blood and Guts 2024: Full confirmed match list for next week's episode in Nashville, Tennessee". DAZN.com. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Pagare, Tejas (July 11, 2024). "Disgruntled AEW star joins The Elite as the fifth member for Blood and Guts". Sportskeeda. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  10. ^ Gibbons, Aidan (July 18, 2024). "Darby Allin & The Acclaimed Added To Team AEW For Blood & Guts". Sportskeeda. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  11. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (June 26, 2024). "AEW News: Minoru Suzuki Challenges Chris Jericho To FTW Title Match, Jay White Advances In Owen Hart Cup". 411Mania. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  12. ^ Schneiderman, Miles (July 17, 2024). "Minoru Suzuki Shocks Chris Jericho On AEW Dynamite, FTW Title Match Set For Next Week". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  13. ^ Rose, Bryan (July 20, 2024). "Britt Baker in-ring return announced for AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  14. ^ Simon, Tyriece (July 24, 2024). "AEW Dynamite Preview (7/24): Blood and Guts 2024". SE Scoops. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  15. ^ Nason, Josh (July 17, 2024). "Chris Jericho vs. Minoru Suzuki FTW title match set for AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  16. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (July 20, 2024). "Hikaru Shida To Face Britt Baker On 7/24 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  17. ^ Tessier, Colin (July 19, 2024). "The Debut Of 'The Glamour' Mariah May, MJF Segment Added To 7/24 AEW Dynamite". Fightful. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  18. ^ Walker, Christopher (July 18, 2024). "AEW Dynamite - Blood and Guts 2024: Full confirmed match list for next week's episode in Nashville, Tennessee". DAZN.com. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  19. ^ Powell, Jason (July 24, 2024). "AEW Dynamite results (7/24): Powell's live review of Team AEW vs. The Elite in a Blood & Guts match, Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida, Chris Jericho vs. Minoru Suzuki for the FTW Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  20. ^ Lee, Joseph (July 24, 2024). "AEW Royal Rampage Announced For This Week's Episode". 411 MANIA. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  21. ^ Russell, Skylar (July 25, 2024). "Kris Statlander vs. Leila Grey, Four Way Tag Team Bout, More Added To 7/26 AEW Rampage". Fightful. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  22. ^ Russell, Skylar (July 25, 2024). "Kris Statlander vs. Leila Grey, Four Way Tag Team Bout, More Added To 7/26 AEW Rampage". Fightful. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  23. ^ Russell, Skylar (July 25, 2024). "Kris Statlander vs. Leila Grey, Four Way Tag Team Bout, More Added To 7/26 AEW Rampage". Fightful. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
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