AEW WrestleDream
October 1, 2023
Climate Pledge Arena
Seattle, WA
Welcome to our live coverage of AEW WrestleDream 2023. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results. The Zero Hour show will begin at 7 pm Eastern and the main show kicks off at 8 pm Eastern.
Tonight on AEW WrestleDream 2023:
Singles Match:
Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Singles Match:
Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland
AEW Tag Team Championship Match:
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (Champions) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)
ROH Tag Team Championship Handicap Match:
MJF (Champion) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
AEW TBS Championship Match:
Kris Statlander (Champion) vs. Julia Hart
AEW TNT Championship Two out of Three Falls Match:
Christian Cage (Champion) vs. Darby Allin
NJPW Strong & ROH World Championship Match:
Eddie Kingston (Champion) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Match:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) vs. Orange Cassidy & Hook
Trios Match:
Will Ospreay, Konosuke Takeshita, & Sammy Guevara vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, & Chris Jericho
Singles Match:
Wheeler Yuta vs. Ricky Starks
Zero-Hour Pre-Show AEW Trios Title Match:
The Acclaimed & Billy Gunn (Champions) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito)
Zero-Hour Pre-Show Match:
Nick Wayne vs. Luchasaurus
Zero-Hour Pre-Show Eight-Person Tag Team Match:
Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Diamante & Mercedes Martinez vs Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena & Billie Starkz
Zero-Hour Pre-Show Singles Match:
Claudio Castagnoli vs. Josh Barnett
Zero Hour
In the ring, Tony Khan thanked Antonio Inoki for being a pioneer in professional wrestling and being the inspiration for WrestleDream
Eight-Person Tag Team Match:
Shane Taylor, Lee Moriarty, Diamante & Mercedes Martinez vs Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena & Billie Starkz
Lee Moriarty dropkicked Lee’s leg. Athena came off the top rope and gave Moriarty the O-Face. Kojima clotheslined Moriarty and pinned him.
===Winners: Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena, & Billie Starkz
Claudio Castagnoli vs Josh Barnett
Jon Moxley joined the commentary team. Claudio clotheslined Barnett and gave him the neutralizer. He put him in the octopus and rolled him up for the pinfall. After the match, Josh Barnett told Claudio that what he heard about him was correct and that he has high regard for him and they shook hands. Barnett said this is not over and he owes him more time. Somewhere, he will come and reclaim that time.
===Winner: Claudio Castagnoli
Nick Wayne vs. Luchasaurus
Wayne came off the top rope with a moonsault on Luchasaurus for a two-count. Wayne tried to hit Wayne’s World, but Luchasaurus hit him in the back of the head and pinned him.
===Winner: Luchasaurus
AEW Trios Title Match:
The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) & Daddy Ass (Champions) vs. TMDK (Shane Haste, Mikey Nicholls & Bad Dude Tito)
Daddy Ass gave Tito the Famouser. Castor gave Tito the mic drop and pinned him.
===Winners: The Acclaimed & Daddy Ass
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ROH Tag Team Championship Handicap Match:
MJF (Champion) vs. The Righteous (Vincent & Dutch)
MJF said he was not the one who attacked Jay White. He will retain the ROH Tag Team Titles so that when Adam Cole returns, the belts will be waiting for him. MJF gave Vincent and Dutch the Kangaroo Kick. MJF hit the Heatseaker on Dutch and pinned him with his feet on the ropes.
===Winner: MJF
NJPW Strong & ROH World Championship Match:
Eddie Kingston (Champion) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Kingston and Shibata exchanged chops and forearms. Kingston gave Shibata the Northern Lights bomb for a two-count. Kingston hit Shibata with a spinning back fist and gave him a powerbomb to pin him.
===Winner: Eddie Kingston
AEW TBS Championship Match:
Kris Statlander (Champion) vs. Julia Hart (w/ Brodie King)
Hart got Statlander in the Heartless. Statlander picked her up and gave her a Tombstone Piledriver and the Sunday Night Fever to pin her.
===Winner: Kris Statlander
AEW World Tag Team Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way Match:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. The Gunns (Austin Gunn & Colten Gunn) vs. The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo) (w/ Alex Abrahantes) vs. Orange Cassidy & Hook
The Bucks both gave Hook and then Colten a double superkick. The Bucks gave Penta a double superkick and a BTE Trigger to pin him.
===Winners: The Young Bucks
Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland (w/ Prince Nana)
Page gave Strickland the Buckshot Lariat. Page went for the pin, but Nana put Strickland’s foot on the ropes. The referee caught him doing it and he got ejected. As Nana argued with the referee, Page went to give Strickland another Buckshot Lariat, but Strickland hit him with Nana’s headband. Strickland caught Page with the House Call and a JML Driver to pin him.
===Winner: Swerve Strickland
Wheeler Yuta vs. Ricky Starks
Jon Moxley joined the commentating team for this match. Big Bill came to ringside. Yuta gave Starks multiple elbow strikes to his neck and rolled him up for a two-count. Starks gave Yuta a spear and a Roshambo to pin him.
===Winner: Ricky Starks
Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
Jon Moxley stayed for commentary on this match as well. Danielson hit Zack with two round house kicks. Zack caught Bryan in an arm bar. Bryan suplexed Zack and gave him the Busaiku knee to pin him.
===Winner: Bryan Danielson
Will Ospreay, Konosuke Takeshita, & Sammy Guevara (w/ Don Callis) vs. Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, & Chris Jericho
Guevera superkicked Jericho. Jericho blocked the GTH. Jericho went for the Walls of Jericho, but Callis came in and hit Jericho in the head with a baseball bat when the referee was distracted trying to keep Ospreay from bringing in his NJ United States belt into the ring. Guevera covered Jericho and the referee turned around to make the pin.
===Winners: Will Ospreay, Konosuke Takeshita, & Sammy Guevera
AEW Tag Team Championship Match:
FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler) (Champions) vs. Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher)
FTR gave Davis a spike piledriver on the ring apron. Fletcher dove through the ropes on FTR. Harwood threw Fletcher off the turnbuckle onto Wheeler for a super shatter machine finish.
===Winners: FTR
AEW TNT Championship Two out of Three Falls Match:
Christian Cage (Champion) vs. Darby Allin
Christian went for the Killswitch, but Allin blocked it. Allin pulled Cage’s shirt over his face and rolled him up to win the first fall. Cage slammed Allin on the ring steps and won the second fall via count-out. Cage tore apart the padding in the ring while the medical team put Allin on a stretcher. Cage came off the top rope with a frog splash onto the stretcher. Cage tossed Allin in the ring and gave him a Killswitch on the exposed ring board for a two-count. Allin gave Christian a coffin drop for a two-count. Christian went for a spear, but hit the referee with it when Allin moved out of the way. With the referee knocked out, Christian grabbed his title belt, but Nick Wayne came down and took it away from him. Wayne then hit Allin in the head with the belt. Christian pulled the ref over to make the three count as he pinned Allin. Christian and Wayne continued to beat on Allin until Sting hit the ring. Luchasaurus came in and they started beating up Sting. Christian was getting ready to give Sting a concerto when the lights went out. Edge showed up with his WWE music. Edge reached out for Christian to hand him the chair and Christian did so. Edge teased giving Sting the concerto, but then hit Wayne with it and speared Luchasaurus as Christian left the ring. Edge then speared Wayne. Edge was then referred to as Adam Copeland by the announcers. Edge shook Darby Allin and Sting’s hand.
===Winner: Christian Cage
