WrestleDream 2024: Moxley Ends Bryan Danielson’s Full-Time Run on a Dark, Consequential Night

Brian Cage won the ROH World Television Championship from Atlantis Jr. by pinfall with the Drill Claw after a sustained power-versus-aerial exchange on Zero Hour. Atlantis nearly kept his title after a dive through the ropes, a thrust kick and a frog splash, but Cage countered a top-rope hurricanrana into an avalanche powerbomb. A discus lariat then positioned Atlantis for the finisher and the actual change of champion. B- (7.2) recognizes a strong power exhibition with an outcome that should never be reduced to a generic pre-show opener: the ROH title changed hands, even though no AEW singles championship was on the line.

Anna Jay defeated Harley Cameron with a Gory Bomb after Cameron had briefly gained control with a crossbody from the middle rope. Cameron was able to interrupt Jay's first bursts of offense, but Jay returned with a corner elbow, a flying forearm and a flipping neckbreaker before lifting her opponent into the definitive pinning move. The win continued Jay's rebuilding stretch and needed no outside interference or championship consequence to make the result clear. C (6.4) judges an eight-minute Zero Hour singles match for what it delivered: a competent back-and-forth with a named final fall, rather than a misplaced claim of a major feud resolution.

The Acclaimed beat MxM Collection when Max Caster pinned Mansoor after Anthony Bowens landed the Arrival and Caster followed with the Mic Drop. MxM's offense had nearly produced the opposite result, including Mason Madden's chokeslam and Mansoor's follow-up cover. Rico's punch on Caster while the referee was distracted was answered later by Billy Gunn's Fame Asser outside the ring; neither manager was a legal wrestler. The closing coordinated offense reinforced the established Acclaimed partnership. C+ (6.8) rewards a lively character-driven tag bout with a recognizable sequence, without promoting ringside comedy into an invented title-changing fall.

The Outrunners joined Orange Cassidy and Kyle O'Reilly to win the eight-man Zero Hour match over Dark Order and Premier Athletes. Cassidy's sudden DDT on Tony Nese removed the challengers' fastest counterattack, allowing Turbo Floyd to enter and string together the body slams that established the group's advantage. Turbo and Truth Magnum then hit a combined neckbreaker and powerslam on Ariya Daivari to secure the pin. C+ (6.6) credits a crowd-friendly finish and a precise losing wrestler, even though this card slot existed mainly to showcase four pairings rather than to resolve a championship program.

Jay White pinned Hangman Adam Page by countering the Buckshot Lariat into a Blade Runner, decisively halting Page's attempts to overpower him. White had targeted Page's knee and used a dragon screw near the ropes, while Page retaliated with a powerbomb onto the ring steps and eventually countered a Blade Runner into Dead Eye. That exchange made the last counter feel earned: when Page launched the Buckshot, White was ready. B+ (8.3) values the tactical progression of the pay-per-view opener and White's win after the intense Swerve Strickland rivalry, not an unrelated championship consequence.

Mariah May retained the AEW Women's World Championship by pinning Willow Nightingale after a Storm Zero, overcoming a power challenge that was considerably stronger than her initial offense. Nightingale had nearly captured the belt with a spinebuster, a hard lariat and a Death Valley Driver into the turnbuckles. May's earlier May Day also failed to secure the fall, so the champion needed a top-rope hurricanrana and running knee to create the opening for Storm Zero. B- (7.3) recognizes a clear title defense and credible challenger offense while acknowledging that the match's shorter runtime gave it less room than the longer main-event programs.

Jack Perry retained the TNT Championship by an unexpected pin reversal while Katsuyori Shibata still had Perry trapped in a sleeper with body scissors. Shibata had dominated the striking exchanges with chops and suplexes, forced Perry onto the defensive and even planted him with a Death Valley Driver. Yet as Shibata fell backward to deepen the sleeper, Perry's back fell across his shoulders and the referee counted three. Perry's post-match belt shot and Daniel Garcia's confrontation were separate angles, not the finish. C+ (6.6) reflects an abrupt but deliberate ending in a match where the challenger controlled most of the offense.

Konosuke Takeshita won the AEW International Championship by pinning defending champion Will Ospreay in a three-way that also included Ricochet. Ospreay had landed two Hidden Blades on Takeshita when Don Callis pulled the referee away from a winning cover; Kyle Fletcher then entered and blindsided his former ally. With three-way rules allowing that interference to go unpunished by disqualification, Takeshita delivered a powerful knee and finished Ospreay. Ricochet had nearly taken the title earlier with spectacular aerial offense, including a shooting star press. A (9.3) credits the shifting balance between all three wrestlers and a clearly consequential title change, with Fletcher's betrayal integral to the finish.

Hologram defeated the Beast Mortos by two falls to one after surviving a punishing comeback in their two-out-of-three-falls match. Hologram took the opener with a diving crucifix bomb, but Mortos tied the score with a knee-assisted powerbomb and lariat. The last fall required more than a repeat of the first: Hologram survived another barrage and a blocked 450 attempt, countered with a super hurricanrana and a soaring crucifix bomb, then finally secured the win with the Portal Bomb. A- (8.5) rewards the escalation across three identifiable falls while preserving that Mortos genuinely won one, not a straight-set victory for Hologram.

Darby Allin pinned Brody King for the first time in their rivalry with a Coffin Drop inside the ring after a previous Coffin Drop had driven King onto the steel steps. King had crushed Allin into the guardrail, trapped his ribs under the steps and nearly ended him with a senton and a German suplex, but Allin kept finding ways to attack from above. The second Coffin Drop supplied the official fall; King's offered handshake after the bell acknowledged Allin's resilience without altering the result. B (7.7) credits an unusually physical grudge match with a clear personal breakthrough.

The Young Bucks retained the AEW World Tag Team Championship when Matthew Jackson pinned Isiah Kassidy after the TK Driver, surviving Private Party's near upsets in Tacoma. Zay and Marq Quen had broken up More Bang for Your Buck and nearly won with Gin and Juice, while Kassidy kicked out of the EVP Trigger after taking prolonged tandem offense. Nicholas then helped Matthew land the TK Driver to stop the challengers' last comeback. B (7.8) credits Private Party for threatening a real title switch and the Bucks for the eventual finish; their post-match scouting audience did not constitute added match participants.

Mark Briscoe retained the ROH World Championship by pinning Chris Jericho with the Jay Driller after first surviving Jericho's own attempt to use that move. Briscoe had kicked out of the Judas Effect and fought through interference by Big Bill and Bryan Keith, while Orange Cassidy and Rocky Romero countered the managers' disruption. A late Death Valley Driver and Froggy Bow helped set up Briscoe's definitive tribute to his brother with the Jay Driller. B- (7.4) recognizes a spirited title defense in which the named finisher and surviving earlier interference give Briscoe's retention a specific meaning.

Jon Moxley became AEW World Champion by defeating Bryan Danielson via referee stoppage in a sleeper, bringing Danielson's full-time wrestling run to a violent end. Danielson had managed a Busaiku knee, escaped an armbar and even kicked out of a Death Rider at one, but Moxley followed a Gotch piledriver with the choke until the referee stopped the fight. The attack afterward by Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Marina Shafir and Wheeler Yuta, including the plastic-bag assault and chair damage, occurred after the title changed hands. A- (8.6) values the championship and career consequence while not disguising the finish as a voluntary tapout.