WrestleDream (2025)

WrestleDream
Promotion	All Elite Wrestling
Date	October 18, 2025
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Venue	Chaifetz Arena
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The 2025 WrestleDream is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It will be the third annual WrestleDream and will take place on Saturday, October 18, 2025, at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. This will be AEW's second PPV event held at the venue, after Dynasty in April 2024, and the first WrestleDream to take place outside of the U.S. state of Washington.

Production

Background

The event will be held at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri.

WrestleDream is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced every October by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2023. The event is held in honor of Antonio Inoki, the founder of AEW's partner Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), who died in October 2022. ^{[1] [2]} The name of the event is a reference to Inoki, who AEW owner Tony Khan called "wrestling's greatest dreamer". ^[3]

On July 21, 2025, AEW announced that the third WrestleDream would take place on October 18, 2025, at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. ^[4] This will mark the promotion's second PPV event to take place at the venue, following Dynasty in April 2024, as well as the first WrestleDream to take place outside of the U.S. state of Washington. Tickets for WrestleDream went on sale July 28. ^[5]

Storylines

WrestleDream will feature professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines. ^[6] Storylines are produced on AEW's weekly television programs, Dynamite and Collision .

References

1. Defelice, Robert (September 30, 2022). "Antonio Inoki Passes Away At Age 79". Fightful. Archived from the original on October 1, 2022. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
2. Nason, Josh (February 4, 2021). "AEW, New Japan Pro Wrestling Established Working Relationship". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
3. Carey, Ian (August 27, 2023). "Tony Khan announces AEW WrestleDream PPV, Full Gear date & location". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online . Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
4. Rubbelke, Nathan (July 21, 2025). "Pro wrestling event coming to St. Louis". St. Louis Business Journal . Retrieved July 21, 2025.
5. "Chaifetz Arena To Host AEW WrestleDream on October 18". All Elite Wrestling . July 21, 2025. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
6. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.

External links

• All Elite Wrestling Official Website