Wrestling Review – October 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 October 2024 wrestling review.

 

WWE

• October 1: WWE reveals that Ilja Dragunov has suffered a torn ACL during a match against Gunther on a house show. He will be out of action for the rest of 2024.
• October 3: WrestleVotes reports that WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 will likely take place in the United Kingdom.
• October 4: AJ Styles makes his return to the ring in WWE on SmackDown but gets immediately injured.
• October 5: Multiples news at WWE Bad Blood 2024:
  • Triple H presents the brand new WWE Crown Jewel championship.
  • Raquel Rodriguez comes back to help Liv Morgan retain the Women’s World title against Rhea Ripley.
  • Jimmy Uso makes his return to attack The Bloodline and help Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes win in the main event.
  • The Rock makes an appearance on the ramp at the end of the show, confronting Roman Reigns & Cody Rhodes.
• October 7: CM Punk announces that he will take a break from WWE TV for an indefinite amount of time on Monday Night Raw.
• October 14: Erik & Ivar come back as War Raiders on Monday Night Raw.
• October 18: The Motor City Machine Guns make their WWE debut on SmackDown.
• October 21: Samantha Irvin announces that she leaves WWE. She will be replaced by Lilian Garcia.
  On Raw, Bron Breakker wins the Intercontinental championship back by defeating Jey Uso thanks to The Bloodline’s interferences.
• October 25: The Motor City Machine Guns win the WWE Tag Team titles by dethroning The Bloodline thanks to the interferences of Jimmy Uso, Roman Reigns & Jey Uso.
• October 29: WWE announces the launch of WWE ID, a new talent scouting program on the independent circuit.
• October 30: WWE reveals that Rhea Ripley suffers a fractured right orbital socket and will be out of action for an undisclosed amount of time.

NXT

• October 1: Several news with the first episode of NXT on the CW Network:
  • Trick Williams wins the NXT championship for the second time in his career by defeating Ethan Page.
  • Cora Jade makes her NXT return and helps Roxanne Perez retain the NXT Women’s championship against Giulia.
  • Shawn Michaels & Triple H present the new look of the NXT belts.
• October 8: Tony D’Angelo defeats Oba Femi on NXT to win the North American championship.
• October 15: Stephanie Vaquer makes her in-ring debut in NXT.
• October 22: Zaria (known as DELTA before) makes a surprise debut on WWE NXT.
• October 27: Fallon Henley defeats Kelani Jordan to become the NXT Women’s North American champion at NXT Halloween Havoc 2024.
• October 29: Zaria makes her NXT in-ring debut by defeating Brinley Reece.

AEW

• October 1: Fightful Select reports that Luchasaurus has been hospitalized a few days ago for a pneumonia.
• October 2: AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery announce that they extend their deal to the distribution of Dynamite, Collision and the AEW pay-per-views. Dynamite will stay on TBS, Collision will stay on TNT.
  Two news with AEW Dynamite – 5-Year Anniversary Show:
  • Jay White makes his AEW return.
  • Shelton Benjamin makes his AEW debut.
• October 3: Fightful Select reports that Bobby Lashley has signed a deal with AEW and is expected to debut soon for the company.
  Plus, Fightful and the Wrestling Observer report that AEW Rampage will disappear in January 2025.
• October 8: Daniel Garcia announces that he will stay in AEW on Dynamite – Title Tuesday.
• October 12: At AEW WrestleDream 2024:
  • Adam Cole and MJF both return.
  • Konosuke Takeshita wins the AEW International title by defeating Will Ospreay thanks to Fyle Fletcher’s betrayal.
  • Jon Moxley wins the World title by defeating Bryan Danielson and puts an end to the full-time career of “The American Dragon”.
• October 15: “Timeless” Toni Storm finishes at the top of the 2024 PWI 250.
• October 30: On AEW Dynamite – Fright Night:
  • Bobby Lashley makes his AEW debut by confronting and attacking Swerve Strickland.
  • Mark Davis returns.
  • Private Party win the World Tag Team titles by defeating The Young Bucks.

ROH

• October 12: Brian Cage wins the ROH World TV championship by defeating Atlantis Jr. at AEW WrestleDream.
• October 23: Chris Jericho defeats Mark Briscoe in a Ladder War match on Dynamite to win the ROH World title for the second time in his career.

NJPW

• October 14: Zack Sabre Jr. becomes IWGP World Heavyweight champion by defeating Tetsuya Naito in the main event of NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2024.
  Plus, Hiroshi Tanahashi announces that he will retire at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20, in January 2026.

TNA

• October 26: At TNA Bound For Glory 2024:
  • The Hardys win the TNA World Tag Team championships by winning the Full Metal Mayhem match in the main event.
  • Masha Slamovich becomes the new TNA Knockouts World champion by defeating Jordynne Grace.

NOAH

• October 28: Pro Wrestling NOAH reveals the GHC Women’s championship.

Other

• October 15: Former ROH president Joe Koff passes away at the age of 73.
• October 23: A new trial against Vince McMahon and WWE, concerning the “ring boys scandal”, is launched.
• October 29: NJPW wrestler El Phantasmo announces that he has a tumour of cancer.

 

Read also: Results – NJPW Royal Quest IV

 

Wrestler & match of the month

Wrestler of the month

Jon Moxley. The leader of the Blackpool Combat Club took the AEW World championship back at WrestleDream and shocked the world by putting an end to the full-time career of Bryan Danielson. Since then, he has imposed a climate of terror in AEW, as Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Marina Shafir & Wheeler YUTA stand right by his side. He is the man to beat. He is the man everybody wants to bring down. He is simply the wrestler of the month.

Jon Moxley on AEW Dynamite Grand Slam on September 25, 2024 (AEW)

Match of the month

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre – Hell In A Cell match, WWE Bad Blood 2024 (October 5)

CM Punk and Drew McIntyre did exactly what they said they were going to do, as they brought back the Hell In A Cell stipulation to what it truly was and was created to be. “The Best In The World” took the victory over “The Scottish Psychopath” to put an end to a rivalry that has marked the entire year of 2024. A beautiful bloody mess, that’s what it was at WWE Bad Blood on October 5 in Atlanta. We had to look deeply in the eyes of the wrestlers to truly see and understand their evil intentions, and the pain they were willing to endure to walk out of this match as the winner. A perfect fit for the match of the month.

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre – WWE Bad Blood (WWE)