Ricky Starks Match Announced For AEW WrestleDream

The first ever AEW WrestleDream event is set for October 1, and as seen on the go-home Dynamite on September 27, a new match has been confirmed for All Elite Wrestling’s Atonio Inoki tribute show.

During Dynamite, it was confirmed that Ricky Starks will take on Wheeler Yuta at the show, following on from the two exchanging words on the September 23 edition of Collision.

Starks has been at war with Blackpool Combat Club’s Bryan Danielson, but after suffering his second straight brutal loss to ‘The American Dragon’, Starks called him out claiming that he hasn’t pinned or submitted ‘Absolute’ yet. This brought out Danielson’s BCC teammate Yuta, who challenged Starks.

Updated card, AEW WrestleDream, October 1, 2023:

• Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Hangman Page vs. Swerve Strickland
• FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open - AEW World Tag Team Championships
• MJF (c) vs. The Righteous - ROH World Tag Team Championships Handicap match
• Chris Jericho & The Golden Lovers vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita, Will Ospreay, & Sammy Guevara)
• Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin - TNT Championship
• Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata - ROH World Championship & NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship
• Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart - TBS Championship
• The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns vs. The Lucha Brothers vs. Orange Cassidy & HOOK - Winner earns an AEW World Tag Team Title match at any time 
• Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta