AEW will present WrestleDream on Sunday night and there have been teases of something really big happening on the show.
One of the rumored surprises for the show is Mariah May, who is seen as someone who can become a major star in the United States. May noted on Twitter/X that she has finished up with STARDOM.
She posted, “Today was my last match. Thank you everyone! I love Japan, I love STARDOM, I love everyone! Don’t forget about me! Club Venus is here! Mariah May was here! See you!”
However, hours later she shared a follow-up post, “I came to STARDOM in December with 2 suitcases and the intention of being here for a few months. I said goodbye to my niece and told her I’ll see you in 3 months. And now I get to go home just in time for her birthday. STARDOM is family. I’ll be back because I have unfinished business.”
Another name that has come up is Mercedes Mone. It’s possible because Tony Khan has had talks with her but there is no indication that she has been cleared yet from her ankle injury.
Khan has been talking about ushering in a “new era” tomorrow night. There have been rumblings about an announcement about a streaming deal with Max (the former HBO Max) and Khan has stated that he plans on staying with Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s expected that all AEW shows will remain on TBS and TNT and pay-per-view events would move to Max. Again we don’t know if that’s going to be announced tomorrow.
The big thing that everyone is buzzing about is the possibility of Edge, Adam Copeland, showing up. Last night during the Countdown to WrestleDream show, Darby Allin said that his match with Christian Cage would be the main event of the show.
Allin said, “I’ve waited to be in the main event of a show for so long. My whole entire life, I never felt good enough. There was always a voice in the back of my head saying, You shouldn’t be here. You don’t deserve any of this. But like I said, the only time I felt validated was when I was TNT champion. Then you got a guy like Christian Cage. He’s got the one thing that made me feel like I meant in this whole entire world.”
Copeland could cost Christian the match or he could show up afterward if Christian retains his title. We don’t know definitively that Copeland will be showing up but people in WWE believe that he will be working for AEW and his contract expired today, September 30th.
Zero Hour
Six-man tag team match for the AEW World Trios Championship
The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) and Billy Gunn (c) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls, and Bad Dude Tito)
Luchasaurus vs. Nick Wayne
Main Card
Bryan vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Hangman Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland
AEW World Tag Team Championship
FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open
2-on-1 Handicap Match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship
MJF (c) vs. The Righteous
Chris Jericho and The Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Sammy Guevara, and Will Ospreay) (with Don Callis)
ROH Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship
Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
AEW TBS Championship
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart (with Brody King)
Four-way tag team match for a future AEW World Tag Team Championship match
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo) (with Alex Abrahantes) vs. Orange Cassidy and Hook
Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta
AEW TNT Championship – Two-out-of-three-falls match
Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin
