Bandido and Brody King retain tag titles, Sting returns to aid Allin

All Elite Wrestling closed its WrestleDream pay‑per‑view in St. Louis on October 18 with a series of consequential results and a controversial main event that set up new matches and storylines heading into Full Gear on November 22 in Newark, New Jersey. In the headline matches, Brodido, the team of Bandido and Brody King, retained the AEW World Tag Team Championships, and Darby Allin defeated Jon Moxley in an I Quit match after a dramatic return by Sting.

The tag match saw Brodido survive a challenge from Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita. The finish came after Okada inadvertently struck Takeshita with his signature Rainmaker move, allowing Bandido to capitalize by hitting a one‑armed 21 Plex on Okada and pinning him. The win kept the AEW World Tag Team titles on Bandido and Brody King; Okada remains AEW Unified Champion and Takeshita remains IWGP World Heavyweight Champion because those belts were not on the line. AEW confirmed that Okada will defend the Unified Championship against Bandido on the next episode of Dynamite.

WrestleDream’s main event was an I Quit match between Moxley and Allin that featured prolonged, violent sequences intended to force a concession. At one...