WrestleDream is a pay-per-view (PPV) event organized by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The very first edition of the event took place on October 1, 2023, at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington.
The event will take place on the one-year anniversary of the passing of Antonio Inoki. WrestleDream will be held in honor of Inoki. He was the founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling and, to quote AEW’s CEO Tony Khan, “wrestling’s greatest dreamer”. WrestleDream 2023 saw the debut of WWE Legend Adam 'Edge' Copeland in AEW.
| Results | Stipulations |
| Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena, and Billie Starkz defeated Shane Taylor Promotions, Diamante, and Mercedes Martinez | Eight-person mixed tag team match |
| Claudio Castagnoli defeated Josh Barnett | Singles match |
| Luchasaurus defeated Nick Wayne | Singles match |
| The Acclaimed and Billy Gunn (c) defeated TMDK | AEW World Trios Championship Match |
| MJF (c) defeated The Righteous | 2-on-1 Handicap match for the ROH World Tag Team Championship |
| Eddie Kingston (c) defeated Katsuyori Shibata | ROH World Championship and Strong Openweight Championship |
| Kris Statlander (c) defeated Julia Hart | AEW TBS Championship |
| The Young Bucks defeated The Gunns, The Lucha Brothers, and Orange Cassidy and Hook | Four-way tag team match for a future AEW World Tag Team Championship match |
| Swerve Strickland defeated "Hangman" Adam Page | Singles match |
| Ricky Starks defeated Wheeler Yuta | Singles match |
| Bryan Danielson defeated Zack Sabre Jr. | Singles match |
| The Don Callis Family defeated Chris Jericho and The Golden Elite | Six-man tag team match |
| FTR (c) defeated Aussie Open | AEW World Tag Team Championship |
| Christian Cage (c) defeated Darby Allin 2–1 | Two out of three falls match for the AEW TNT Championship |
AEW and NJPW began a partnership in 2021 where wrestlers from the two promotions regularly showed up at the other company. Their partnership further expanded in June 2022 when they organized the AEWxNJPW: Forbidden Door event.
On October 1, 2022, NJPW’s founder and pro-wrestling legend, Antonio Inoki passed away. He was an inspiration to many, including AEW’s co-founder and CEO Tony Khan. At AEW All In media scrub in August 2023, Khan announced that the company will be organizing a PPV named AEW WrestleDream on October 1, 2023, the one-year anniversary of Inoki’s passing.
The event is named WrestleDream because Khan considered Inoki as “wrestling’s greatest dreamer”.
AEW WrestleDream took place at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington. The arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena. Founded in 1962, the stadium went under a major overhaul between 2018 and 2021 with a development cost of around $1.15 billion.
At present, Climate Pledge Arena can accommodate between 17000 to 18000 fans.
AEW WrestleDream took place on Sunday, October 1, 2023. It took place one day after WWE’s NXT No Mercy, which is on September 30, 2023. The show 's start timings were as follows:
USA: 8 PM ET / 5 P.M. PT (Sunday, October 1)
India: 5:30 A.M. IST (Monday, October 2)
Australia: 11 A.M. AEDT (Monday, October 2)
United Kingdom / Ireland: 1 A.M. BST (Monday, October 2)
Japan: 9 A.M. (Monday, October 2)
Saudi Arabia: 3 A.M (Monday, October 2)
The tickets for the event went live on September 8, 2023 on AEW’s official website.
A. AEW WrestleDream took place on Sunday, October 1, 2023.
A. Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington is the venue for AEW WrestleDream.
A. Pakistani-American Billionaire Shahid Khan and his son Tony Khan are the co-founders and co-owners of All Elite Wrestling.
A. Christian Cage defeated Darby Allin in the main event of AEW WrestleDream to defend his AEW TNT Championship.
A. Yes. Edge has joined AEW and he made his surprise appearance at AEW WrestleDream PPV.
