WrestleDream (2024)
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| Promotion | All Elite Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 12, 2024 | ||
| City | Tacoma, Washington | ||
| Venue | Tacoma Dome | ||
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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 WrestleDream event and will take place on October 12, 2024, at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, marking AEW's second PPV to be held in the state of Washington. Like with the previous year's event, this will be a tribute event in honor of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) founder Antonio Inoki who died on October 1, 2022.
Production[edit]
Background[edit]
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]
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 refers 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[edit]
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.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 (April 11, 2024). "AEW Announces Dates And Locations For 2024 PPV Events". Fightful.
- ^ Knight, Cain A. (April 11, 2024). "AEW announces full PPV schedule for 2024, including events on back-to-back weekends". Cageside Seats.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.