AEW: Kyle O’Reilly vs. Kazuchika Okada for AEW International Title Set for Battle of the Belts XII, WrestleDream 2024 PPV Buys Estimates, Current Cards for 10/19 Collision & 10/25 Rampage Shows

Oct 19, 2024

Kyle O’Reilly vs. Kazuchika Okada for AEW Continental Title Announced for AEW Battle of the Belts XII

AEW announced one new match for the card of tonight’s Battle of the Belts XII special.

This new match announced was an AEW Continental Championship match of Kyle O’Reilly vs. Kazuchika Okada (c).

#AEWBOTB TOMORROW after #AEWCollision!
10/9c on @tntdrama #AEW Continental Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly

Champion @rainmakerxokada faces @korcombat one-on-one for the first time in AEW, with the Continental Title on the line TOMORROW! pic.twitter.com/I54WRzDns7
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) October 19, 2024

This match was setup following O’Reilly issuing a challenge to Okada during Friday’s AEW Rampage show and wanting the Okada of the old and not The Elite’s “Young Boy” Okada to show up for their match.

This special was taped this past Thursday at the Adventist Health Arena in Stockton, California.

Current announced card for AEW Battle of the Belts XII show:

AEW Continental Championship – Kyle O’Reilly vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
AEW Women’s World Championship Eliminator match – Anna Jay vs. “The Glamour” Mariah May (c)

Early Estimates for AEW WrestleDream 2024 PPV Buys

AEW reportedly is currently estimated to have generated around 106,000 to 107,000 pay-per-view buys for last Saturday’s WrestleDream 2024 event in Tacoma, Washington, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Dave Meltzer reported that WrestleDream’s current buys are around 1.6% higher than this past September’s All Out 2024 event. Meltzer reported that All Out 2024 event is currently estimated to have generated around 105,000 buys which would mean that WrestleDream 2024’s buys would be currently around 106,000 to 107,000 as a result.

Meltzer reported that unlike with past AEW events, the streaming numbers and estimates for WrestleDream 2024 are currently uncertain due to the event did not air on Bleacher Report and the service had previously accounted for the majority of AEW’s PPV buys for events. Meltzer also reported that another issue is Bleacher Report had been the one streaming company who reported buys numbers for events on their service basically instantly compared to other streaming PPV providers. One streaming service reportedly saw a boost in purchases following Bleacher Report not airing the event but it is currently not known if other PPV providers saw a similar increase.

Current Cards for Saturday’s AEW Collision & Next Week’s AEW Rampage Shows

AEW announced the current card for tonight’s taped AEW Collision show:

AEW World Trios Championship – Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) & Action Andretti vs. Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, & PAC (c)
The Outrunners (Turbo Floyd & Truth Magnum) vs. La Faccion Ingobernable (RUSH & The Beast Mortos)
Trios match – House of Black (Buddy Matthews, Brody King, & Malakai Black) vs. mystery opponents
Ricochet vs. AR Fox
Kyle Fletcher vs. Atlantis Jr.
Orange Cassidy vs. Bulk Bronson
Jamie Hayter vs. mystery opponent
Harley Cameron vs. Kris Statlander

AEW also announced one new match for the card of next week’s AEW Rampage show on October 25th:

Three-way tag team match – Undisputed Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) vs. Gates of Agony (Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun) vs. Shane Taylor Promotions (Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty)