AEW WrestleDream 2023
Highlights:
- The show served as a tribute to the legendary Antonio Inoki, who passed away one year prior.
- During the main event, Nick Wayne turned on Darby Allin to help Christian Cage retain the TNT Championship with a score of 2-1. Sting arrived to even the odds, but they remained outnumbered. ‘Rated R Superstar’ Adam Copeland (fka Edge) made his AEW debut by helping Darby Allin and Sting to fend off his former tag team partner, Luchasaurus and Nick Wayne.
- Bryan Danielson and Zack Sabre Jr. worked one of the best, most technical matches of all time.
- Swerve Strickland had some help from Prince Nana to get the victory over Adam Page.
- On Zero Hour, after their match, Josh Barnett gave huge praise to Claudio Castagnoli and asked if they could do this again sometime.
Event Card
SINGLES MATCH:
Bryan Danielson defeated Zack Sabre Jr.
SINGLES MATCH:
Swerve Strickland defeated “Hangman” Adam Page
TAG TEAM MATCH FOR THE AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) (c) retained against Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)
2-ON-1 HANDICAP MATCH FOR THE ROH WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:
MJF (c) retained against The Righteous (Vincent and Dutch)
TRIOS MATCH:
The Don Callis Family (Sammy Guevara, Will Ospreay and Konosuke Takeshita) defeated Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi
2-OUT-OF-3 FALLS MATCH FOR THE AEW TNT CHAMPIONSHIP:
Christian Cage (c) retained against Darby Allin with a score of 2-1
SINGLES MATCH FOR THE NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND ROH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
Eddie Kingston (c) retained against Katsuyori Shibata
AEW TBS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
Kris Statlander (c) retained against Julia Hart
AEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP NO. 1 CONTENDER’S FOUR-WAY MATCH:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) defeated The Gunns (Austin Gunn and Colten Gunn), The Lucha Brothers (Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo) (with Alex Abrahantes), and Orange Cassidy and Hook
SINGLES MATCH:
Ricky Starks defeated Wheeler Yuta
[ZERO HOUR] AEW TRIOS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
The Acclaimed and Daddy Ass (c) retained against TMDK
[ZERO HOUR] EIGHT-PERSON MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH:
Satoshi Kojima, Keith Lee, Athena, and Billie Starkz defeated Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty), Diamante, and Mercedes Martinez
[ZERO HOUR] SINGLES MATCH:
Claudio Castagnoli defeated Josh Barnett
[ZERO HOUR] SINGLES MATCH:
Luchasaurus defeated Nick Wayne
