r/AEWOfficial • u/darrylkeithford • 11h ago

Photo On This Day: 2 Years Ago | AEW WrestleDream (October 12, 2024) Two years ago today, All Elite Wrestling presented WrestleDream live from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington! Held in honor of New Japan Pro-Wrestling founder Antonio Inoki

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 7h ago

I was there. Complete silence as we left the Dome after Bryan Danielson was murdered and then wheeled out on a stretcher.

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 4h ago

So, so dark. I rewatched the main event angle again just a couple weeks ago. That final shot of oc, Garcia, hook, Darby looking on in despair.

It was a beautiful angle but not one you can run too often.

The finish of the match, in hindsight, was excellent. At the time I remember feeling - and based on the general reaction of the crowd, I wasn't alone - "that's it?" It felt like that was the space where dragon would make one final rally. Instead, it was the finish. Bryce called it and I was shocked.

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 3h ago

It was the first AEW show I've been to without a thank you good night speech from TK or another talent. They wheeled him out, the wrestlers walked backstage and the lights went up. It was like we just witnessed a funeral

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 3h ago

It was. The only real post show thing was Darby making a long, slow walk up the aisle.

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 3h ago

I was fortunate enough to get floor seats along the entrance. I fist bumped Bryan on the way to the ring and I've got a video of Darby's walk and it's haunting

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 3h ago

We were on the floor hard cam side, and on the end of the row. Mjf came right past us after his segment, and the DR entered/exit near us.

Aw, man. PAC.

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 3h ago

I hope they come back to the dome again. It's a cool venue and it was nice just having a 15 minute drive instead of 3 hours to Everett.

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 3h ago

I liked it a lot more than climate pledge. It's obviously a bit smaller, but man! Great setup, lovely area, cheaper parking. And yeah, tv in fucking EVERETT? On a Wednesday, at five pm local, with rush hour traffic????

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 3h ago

Don't even get me started on them calling Everett "Seattle"

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 3h ago

LMAO

motherfuckers

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 3h ago

Like, and this show had takeshita v ospreay v ricochet on it. Ridiculous!!!!

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u/pnw_pothead An Anxious Millennial Cowboy 2h ago

Best match I've ever seen in person

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u/ZAPPHAUSEN 2h ago

We got spoiled in the pnw those first two wrestledreams. Mox/Danielson and the huge angle. The international triple threat with fletcher heel turn. Danielson v sabre. Hangman v swerve. Hangman v switchblade. Darby v christian.

Private party v bucks was incredible and just broke our hearts.

Hologram v beast mortos might not have had like, deep emotion, but the way they got the crowd into that 2/3 falls match!

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u/LackingDatSkill 4h ago

Wow 2 years since Danielson’s “full time retirement” he’s definitely missed

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u/FusionFall 1h ago

This PPV sucked to attend because they had NO chairs for the front row attendees to take home. It felt like a scam.