After calling out the Young Bucks on this past Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Private Party will get their shot to defeat the Jackson brothers for the AEW Tag Team titles at this month’s WrestleDream.
Marq Quen and Isiah Kassidy earned their shot by defeating both House of Black and Top Flight in a three-way main event on Saturday’s Collision.
Quen and Kassidy have never held the titles while the Bucks will be looking for the fifth defense of the titles they won at April’s Dynasty.
The two teams have shared a history since the creation of AEW in 2019 that began in the inaugural Tag Team title tournament when Private Party defeated the Bucks on the second-ever episode of Dynamite. Since they, they have faced each other twice in traditional tag team action with the Bucks winning both of them.
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In another new bout confirmed for the show, Darby Allin will take on rival Brody King.
After Allin defeated Johnny TV to open the show, Allin took to the microphone to reiterate his open challenge for WrestleDream and how no one had answered it. As he walked to the back, the House of Black member emerged from the back and attacked Allin, choking him against the ring post while saying he accepted.
The two also have an extensive AEW history that includes a 2022 coffin match Allin won and key interactions to close out both the 2022 and 2024 Royal Rampage matches.
Here’s the updated lineup for next Saturday’s pay-per-view from Tacoma, Washington:
AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jon Moxley
AEW Tag Team Champions The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) defend against Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Katsuyori Shibata
AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against Ricochet & Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way
ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho
Darby Allin vs. Brody King
Zero Hour: ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. defends against Brian Cage
Atlantis Jr. will defend the Ring of Honor men’s TV title against Brian Cage on the Zero Hour pre-show portion of next Saturday’s AEW WrestleDream.
The champion has successfully defended the title three times since winning the gold as part of a June CMLL event while Cage is undefeated in 13 straight singles matches on the red and black brand dating back to April 2022.
The two have never squared off one-on-one, but have shared the ring twice this past summer. Cage has never held an ROH singles title.
Here’s the updated lineup for the Saturday, October 12 PPV from Tacoma, Washington:
AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jon Moxley
TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Katsuyori Shibata
AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against Ricochet & Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way
ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho
Darby Allin vs. TBD
Zero Hour: ROH men’s TV Champion Atlantis Jr. defends against Brian Cage
Will Ospreay will defend his International title in a triple threat match at AEW WrestleDream on October 12.
Following a controversial finish to an Ospreay vs. Ricochet title match on Wednesday’s Dynamite fifth anniversary where Konosuke Takeshita ran in to cause a DQ, AEW’s Tony Khan announced in a social media post after the show that Ospreay vs. Ricochet vs. Takeshita for the International title is official for WrestleDream:
With the AEW International Title picture unsettled after tonight's #AEWDynamite Anniversary, the championship will be decided in a huge 3-way at WrestleDream! pic.twitter.com/BfFunFi21y
In all, four new matches are set for WrestleDream following the events of Wednesday’s Dynamite. A TNT title match, an ROH World title match, plus a Darby Allin open challenge comprise the rest of the new match announcements.
The updated lineup for the Saturday, October 12 pay-per-view:
AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson defends against Jon Moxley
TNT Champion Jack Perry defends against Katsuyori Shibata
AEW International Champion Will Ospreay defends against Ricochet & Konosuke Takeshita in a three-way
ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe defends against Chris Jericho
Two title matches and an open challenge by Darby Allin have been made for this month’s AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view — all made during Wednesday’s fifth anniversary episode of Dynamite.
One of those matches will see Ring of Honor World Champion Mark Briscoe defend against Chris Jericho, made during a Jericho Learning Tree segment.
Jericho pinned Briscoe in a tornado trios match on this past Saturday’s Grand Slam Collision and then called Briscoe out Wednesday, offering up a challenge for Briscoe’s title. Briscoe came out and things got heated when Jericho evoked the name of Mark’s late brother, Jay. Mark laid out Jericho with an uppercut and accepted for the PPV.
This will be their first-ever singles match. Jericho will look to reclaim the ROH title he held for 80 days in 2022 while Briscoe is gunning for his fifth title defense.
Chris Jericho made his challenge to #ROH World Champion Mark Briscoe for #AEWWrestleDream way too personal.
Right afterward, Darby Allin was featured during a pre-taped promo — his first since losing his AEW World title shot to Jon Moxley on last Wednesday’s Grand Slam Dynamite. After discussing his disappointment about the loss, he offered up an open challenge for anyone in the locker room to step up and try to make their name against him.
After Katsuyori Shibata came out to aid Minoru Suzuki after his defeat to TNT Champion Jack Perry on this past Saturday’s AEW Collision, the two agreed to a title match for the Saturday, October 12th PPV.
Perry was entering the building when Shibata found him and used his phone to issue the challenge. Perry said he would think about it and then jumped Shibata, laying him out. With Shibata incapacitated, Perry then said he accepted.
Perry has five title defenses under his belt while Shibata has yet to win AEW gold. This will be their first-ever singles bout.
The 'SCAPEGOAT' Jack Perry has a new challenger for the TNT Championship!
Dave Meltzer has an article up now regarding the status of next week’s AEW Collision, which may have to be moved or pre-empted due to AEW WrestleDream taking place on the same day.
Dave Meltzer and I are back with our Friday episode of Wrestling Observer Radio. We talked about all the big news in today’s issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
AEW World Champion Bryan Danielson will defend against former partner and current blood rival Jon Moxley in the main event of next month’s AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view.
The match was made official following Wednesday’s Grand Slam Dynamite after Moxley defeated Darby Allin to take his guaranteed title shot he won earlier this year.
Danielson then ran out after the match to choke Moxley with a purple tie before Claudio Castagnoli, PAC and Marina Shafir then attacked Danielson. Private Party and Komander then came out to save Danielson and run off the heels into the crowd.
Danielson then grabbed the microphone and told Moxley he declared war and issued the challenge for the Saturday, October 12th PPV in Tacoma, Washington — his home state.
Moxley, Castagnoli and PAC turned on Danielson at the end of this month’s All Out following his successful title defense over Jack Perry. This was the champion’s first appearance since that night.
BRYAN DANIELSON FINALLY GETS PAYBACK ON JON MOXLEY!
As Danielson has stated, his next loss as World Champion will mark the end of his full-time in-ring career.
The two have a storied history in AEW, both as foes and partners. They have squared off against each other twice in the company with Moxley winning both of them: one at 2022’s Revolution and the other in the finals of the Grand Slam Tournament of Champions where Moxley won the then-vacant World title. That match coincidentally took place at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, New York. where Wednesday’s Dynamite emanated from.
Moxley will be looking to become a four-time AEW World Champion with the victory while Danielson will be gunning for his second title defense.
My Josh Nason’s Punch-Out pro wrestling year in review series begins its final descent with an extended look at October 2023.
Joining me is first-time guest Rich Fann of PW Torch and POST Wrestling.
Rich and I led off with the so-called Tuesday Night War between NXT and AEW that saw WWE bring in John Cena, Undertaker, Cody Rhodes, Paul Heyman and Asuka to ensure they didn’t lose to AEW’s Title Tuesday edition of Dynamite. We talk about what happened and some of the key learnings coming out of it.
We also delve into Paul “Triple H” Levesque being firmly entrenched as head of creative for WWE and what that meant for Vince McMahon in the new TKOverse.
After 25 years in WWE, Adam “Edge” Copeland found a new home in AEW, debuting at WrestleDream in Seattle. We talked about his debut and why it made sense for him to try something new.
We also talk the first-ever clash between MJF and Kenny Omega and the rest of the month in AEW.
Ronda Rousey made a surprise return to wrestling, so why didn’t it make a big impact? We discuss.
Plus, we cover the month in Impact Wrestling, Japan, and the junk drawer that covered all the other notable happenings.
I promise this is unlike any other year-end series you’ll hear or read, so catch up on the rest of the series in the archive and my MMA year in review series as well.
The Bryan & Vinny Show is back and we have a LONG ONE here today as we’ve got AEW Collision, NXT No Mercy and AEW WrestleDream to talk about, and we’ve got a lot to say. Well over 90 minutes of discussion, so get downloading and check it out~!
Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including tons of notes from a great wrestling weekend, AEW WrestleDream, NXT No Mercy, Collision and more, then Michael Kingston joins us to talk the news Headlocked comic book, the Kickstarter for this ends IN HOURS. A fun show as always so check it out~!
Zack Sabre Jr. wants another shot at Bryan Danielson.
Danielson defeated ZSJ in their long-awaited dream match on Sunday at AEW WrestleDream. Following the match, AEW posted a video of ZSJ challenging Danielson to a rematch in either Japan or England.
“We were supposed to settle something, weren’t we? Who really is the best technical wrestler, not in the world right now, but probably of all bloody time? But knocking me out, Bryan, that’s a scoundrel move from brittle Bryan,” ZSJ said. “I felt your bones disintegrating in my hands, Bryan. So, I want my rematch because this proved nothing. And we’re going to do the rematch in my home turf England or my adopted home turf of Japan. Because I did you the solid, mate, didn’t I? Did you the proper solid of coming to Seattle. Submissions in Seattle but you didn’t beat me by submission, you chickened out.”
“Well Bryan, we’ll find out in the rematch who the best technical wrestler in the world is and I’ll put you into retirement for good, dickhead.”
AEW also posted a video of Danielson talking about his match at WrestleDream. He also feels as though the two wrestlers have unfinished business.
“I’m also a little bit upset if I’m going to be honest because I came into this match thinking by the end of this match we would find out definitively who the best technical wrestler in the world was,” Danielson said. “And we leave that match and somehow, even though I won, I don’t feel like I’m the best technical wrestler in the world because I can barely move my hand. And for me to beat Zack Sabre Jr, I had to knock him the f–k out.”
“So, now I’m starting to think that maybe he is the best technical wrestler in the world, maybe he is. But here’s the thing, I offered to shake his hand at the end of that match and he refused. So maybe, and we don’t know for sure, maybe he is a better technical wrestler than me but here’s what I know for damn sure, he can’t strike with me, he can’t stand with me, he doesn’t have the heart that I have, he doesn’t have the legs that I have, he doesn’t have the soul that I have to go out there and compete.”
Our own Dave Meltzer also commented on the match between Danielson and ZSJ at AEW WrestleDream, writing, “Danielson won with two busaiku knees. This will go down as a legendary match. They kept comparing it to Inoki vs. Robinson and it is this generation’s version. I hope we see this again a few more times.”
Several trademarks were filed on the day of Adam Copeland’s AEW debut at WrestleDream.
Wet Yeti, Inc filed to trademark “Ledgend,” “The Iconoclast,” “The Rogue,” and “Cope” on October 1. The filings were submitted through attorney Michael E. Dockins.
The US Patent and Trademark Office does not currently have any recent filings for “Rated R Superstar,” with the latest trademark on the name having been abandoned by WWE in May 2020. However, WWE continues to hold an active trademark for the name “Edge.”
A trademark for “Edge & Christian” was abandoned by WWE in 2003.
The Rated R Superstar Adam Copeland has arrived in #AEW!
No trademarks have been filed for Copeland’s old independent wrestling name, Sexton Hardcastle.
The stated purposes of the trademarks filed on October 1 are below:
“Entertainment in the nature of wrestling contests; Entertainment services, namely, wrestling exhibits and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, live appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Entertainment services, namely, televised appearances by a professional wrestler and sports entertainer; Providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network; Providing online interviews featuring a professional wrestling and sports entertainment personality in the field of professional wrestling and sports entertainment for entertainment purposes”
