AEW will expand its pay-per-view slate this year with WrestleDream, a pay-per-view held at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 1. The event is to honor Antonio Inoki on the one-year anniversary of his passing, a performer AEW President Tony Khan called “wrestling’s greatest dreamer” when announcing this show at the All Out 2023 press conference.
Though it’s new to the AEW schedule, WrestleDream looks like a worthy addition that could stick around if the company decides to expand to more PPVs each year, as it features some highly anticipated bouts.
Bryan Danielson said on the Sept. 9 episode of Collision that this might be the twilight of his career, and if it is, he wants to go out on a high note. Thus, he challenged Zack Sabre Jr. to a match at WrestleDream, which Khan later said was supposed to take place at Forbidden Door 2022 until an injury to Danielson postponed it.
WrestleDream looks to be a special night for Danielson in front of his hometown fans. If Danielson’s career is winding down, it gives fans more reason to cherish matches like this against Sabre Jr.
WrestleDream goes down on Sunday, Oct. 1. As AEW announces more matches, they will be updated below.
Latest update: Sept. 27, 2023, 9:45 p.m. ET.
AEW WrestleDream 2023 card:
- Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- Hangman Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland
- FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open – AEW World Tag Team Championship match
- MJF (c) vs. The Righteous – 2-on-1 Handicap match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
- Chris Jericho and The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Sammy Guevara and Will Ospreay)
- Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin – 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AEW TNT Championship
- Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata – ROH Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match
- Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart – AEW TBS Championship match
- Young Bucks vs. The Gunns vs. Lucha Bros. vs. Orange Cassidy and Hook – Winning team gets a future AEW World Tag Team Championship match
- Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta