Wrestling Review – July 2024

Take a look back at the crucial moments of the last 30 days, at the wrestler and the match of the month with the July 2024 wrestling review.

 

WWE

• July 1: Ricochet is officially a free agent.
• July 5: DIY win the WWE Tag Team titles by defeating A-Town Down Under on Friday Night SmackDown.
• July 6: At Money In The Bank, John Cena announces that he will retire from WWE in 2025.
  Tiffany Stratton becomes Ms. Money In The Bank.
  Drew McIntyre becomes Mr. Money In The Bank but fails his cash-in later in the night because of CM Punk. Adam Pearce suspends him for display of violence.
• July 8: Rhea Ripley makes her WWE return on Monday Night Raw.
  Damon Kemp leaves WWE.
• July 9: ESPN commentator Joe Tessitore joins WWE.
  Tyler Bate announces that he suffers a torn pectoral.
• July 10: Stephanie Vaquer signs with WWE.
• July 13: Stephanie Vaquer makes her WWE debut on a house show in Mexico.
• July 25: Triple H and Nick Khan meet the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to talk about the organization of a future edition of WrestleMania in London, England.
• July 28: MVP confirms that he will be leaving WWE when his contract expires in August.

NXT

• July 7: Ethan Page becomes the new NXT champion by winning the Fatal 4-Way main event at NXT Heatwave.
• July 10: The Rascalz reunite in NXT, as TNA’s Trey Miguel & Zachary Wentz appear during Wes Lee’s promo.

AEW

• July 3: “Hangman” Adam Page makes his return on Dynamite Beach Break.
• July 10: Bryan Danielson wins the 2024 Men’s Owen Hart Cup and Mariah May wins the 2024 Women’s Owen Hart Cup on AEW Dynamite.
• July 17: MJF defeats Will Ospreay in a Classic to win the AEW International championship on the 250th episode in the history of Dynamite.
• July 20: The Patriarchy defeat The Bang Bang Gang to become the new AEW World Trios champions on Collision.
• July 24: Kamille makes her AEW debut on Dynamite.
  Team AEW defeats Team Elite in Blood & Guts match.
  MJF replaces the AEW International championship by the AEW American championship.
• July 31: WrestleTalk reveals a picture of Tony Khan and Shane McMahon during a private meeting.
  On Dynamite, Bryan Danielson says he will put his wrestling career on the line against Swerve Strickland at AEW All In 2024.

ROH

• July 26: At Death Before Dishonor 2024, Lee Mortiarty becomes the new ROH Pure champion by defeating Wheeler Yuta and Red Velvet wins the ROH Women’s World TV championship by defeating Billie Starkz.
• July 27: Dustin Rhodes & The Von Erichs win the ROH 6-man World Tag Team championships by defeating The Undisputed Kingdom at AEW Battle of the Belts XI.

NJPW

• July 20: The NJPW G1 Climax 34 starts.

TNA

• July 20: Multiple title changes at TNA Slammiversary 2024. Nic Nemeth becomes TNA World champion, Mike Bailey wins the TNA X-Division championship, ABC regain the TNA World Tag Team titles and PCO defeats AJ Francis to win the TNA Digital Media and the International Heavyweight Wrestling championships.

NOAH

• July 13: AJ Styles defeats Naomichi Marufuji at NOAH Destination 2024.

Other

• July 13: Willow Nightingale wins the CMLL World Women’s championship at Fantastica Mania 2024.
• July 20: The French wrestler Aigle Blanc becomes the first ever wXw European champion by defeating Mike D. Vecchio.

 

Read also: WWE SummerSlam 2024 full match card

 

Wrestler & match of the month

Wrestler of the month

MJF. As he made his return at Double Or Nothing, MJF seems to re-establish himself as the main figure in AEW in the last few weeks. He became the International champion on July 17th by defeating Will Ospreay, and he presented a new title, the American championship, on Dynamite one week later. As he also promised to defend his championship all around the world, the former AEW World champion appears like one of the main attractions in Tony Khan’s company, even if he didn’t have more than three matches since his return. It just seems like MJF doesn’t need more than that to be in the center of attention in the wrestling world.

MJF on AEW Dynamite on July 24, 2024 (AEW)

Match of the month

Will Ospreay (c) vs. MJF – AEW International championship, AEW Dynamite 250 (July 17)

What a Classic. 59 minutes and 57 seconds of beautiful in-ring performance by both wrestlers, as they managed to remain entertaining during the entire contest. Various moves, great spots and a timing perfectly controlled by MJF and Will Ospreay. Add a little drama at the end, and you’ll be close to the perfect wrestling match. “The Devil” defeated “The Aerial Assassin” three seconds before the time limit with the help of his Dynamite diamond ring that he used to hit his opponent. With this victory, he wins the AEW International championship for the first time in his career.

Will Ospreay (c) vs. MJF – AEW Dynamite 250 (AEW)