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Bad Blood
Promotional poster featuring CM Punk and Drew McIntyre
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateOctober 5, 2024
CityAtlanta, Georgia
VenueState Farm Arena
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The 2024 Bad Blood is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by the American company WWE. It will be the fourth Bad Blood and will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, which is the 27-year anniversary of the first event which featured the first Hell in a Cell match. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the first Bad Blood held since 2004, in turn marking the first Bad Blood to air on WWE's livestreaming platforms.

This will be the first WWE event to take place on the same night as an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) PPV since the two companies merged to form TKO Group Holdings in September 2023. As a result, Bad Blood will have a start time of 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time to avoid counter programming against UFC 307.

Production

Background

The event will be held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bad Blood is a professional wrestling event produced by the American promotion WWE. It was first held as the 18th In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) event on October 5, 1997.[1] After six years, Bad Blood returned as its own PPV event, with both the 2003 and 2004 editions taking place in June and held exclusively for wrestlers of the Raw brand.[2][3] In 2005, Bad Blood was doubly replaced by One Night Stand and Vengeance, which were both held in June that year.[4][5] Bad Blood was originally to be revived in July 2017,[6] but these plans were scrapped in favor of an event titled Great Balls of Fire.[7] The original Bad Blood also introduced the Hell in a Cell match, a 20-foot-high roofed cell structure surrounding the ring and ringside area, and it was featured as the main event of all three prior events.[1][2][3]

On July 6, 2024, WWE uploaded a YouTube video featuring Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and American record producer Metro Boomin, two of Atlanta's own, where they officially announced the return of Bad Blood after 20 years. The fourth Bad Blood was scheduled for the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, October 5, 2024, the 27-year anniversary of the first Bad Blood.[8] It will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions and in addition to airing on traditional PPV worldwide, it will be the first Bad Blood to air on WWE's livestreaming platforms, Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets, the latter of which was the company's first streaming platform that launched in 2014.[9] Tickets went on sale on July 19 via Ticketmaster.[8]

To avoid counter programming against UFC 307, taking place the same night at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, Bad Blood will have an earlier start time of 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). This will subsequently be the first time that both WWE and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will hold an event on the same night since the two companies merged to form TKO Group Holdings in September 2023.[10]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[11][12] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[13]

At SummerSlam, Liv Morgan retained the Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley, thanks to aid from "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, who turned on Ripley to side with Morgan. Also on the show, Finn Bálor turned on Damian Priest, costing him his match.[14] Bálor then kicked Priest and Ripley out of The Judgment Day, with the lineup subsequently consisting of Bálor, Mysterio, Morgan, JD McDonagh, and Carlito. A mixed tag team match between The Terror Twins (Priest and Ripley) and Judgment Day (Mysterio and Morgan) then occurred at Bash in Berlin, which The Terror Twins won, despite interference from the rest of The Judgment Day.[15] On the following episode of Raw, Morgan attacked Ripley, injuring her leg.[16] The following week, it was announced that Morgan would defend her championship against Ripley in a rematch at Bad Blood, while it was also announced that Priest would face Bálor at the event.[17]

At SummerSlam, Drew McIntyre defeated CM Punk, which had Seth "Freakin" Rollins as the special guest referee.[14] This led to a rematch at Bash in Berlin, which was contested as a Strap match, which Punk won. After the match, Punk retrieved the bracelet that McIntyre had stolen, which was a gift to him that had his wife (AJ Lee) and dog's (Larry) names on it.[15] On the following episode of Raw, McIntyre brutally attacked Punk and broke the bracelet.[16] On the next episode, McIntyre claimed that he ended Punk's career only for Raw General Manager Adam Pearce to inform McIntyre that he would be facing Punk in a Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood.[17]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Liv Morgan (c) (with "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio) vs. Rhea RipleySingles match for the Women's World Championship[18]
2Damian Priest vs. finn balorSingles match[19]
3CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyreHell in a Cell match[20]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

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  2. ^ a b "Official Bad Blood Website w/ results". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on July 20, 2003. Retrieved August 7, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Keller, Wade (June 13, 2004). "6/13 WWE Bad Blood PPV review: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved September 20, 2008.
  4. ^ "One Night Stand results". World Wrestling Entertainment. June 12, 2005. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
  5. ^ "Vengeance (2005) Venue". WWE. Retrieved August 14, 2008.
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  7. ^ Johnson, Mike (April 28, 2017). "July WWE PPV in Dallas gets new title, Lesnar return set". PWInsider. Archived from the original on July 1, 2023. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Currier, Joseph (July 6, 2024). "WWE Bad Blood returning this October, location announced". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Archived from the original on July 6, 2024. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  9. ^ WWE (July 6, 2024). "Cody Rhodes and Metro Boomin announce WWE Bad Blood in Atlanta". YouTube. Retrieved July 6, 2024. Don't Miss WWE Bad Blood, Saturday Oct. 5 at 7 ET. 4 PT on Peacock in the U.S and WWE Network everywhere else.
  10. ^ Carey, Ian (August 31, 2024). "WWE Bad Blood to have earlier start time because of UFC 307". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
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  14. ^ a b Powell, Jason (August 3, 2024). "WWE SummerSlam results: Powell's review of Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa in a Bloodline Rules match for the WWE Championship, Damian Priest vs. Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  15. ^ a b McGuire, Colin (August 31, 2024). "WWE Bash in Berlin results: McGuire's review of Gunther vs. Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Title, Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship, CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre in a strap match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  16. ^ a b Powell, Jason (September 2, 2024). "WWE Raw results (9/2): Powell's live review of Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser vs. TBA, and Ilja Dragunov vs. Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio in tourney matches for a shot at the IC Title, Joe Tessitore's debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  17. ^ a b Powell, Jason (September 9, 2024). "WWE Raw results (9/9): Powell's live review of Jey Uso vs. Pete Dunne vs. Ilja Dragunov vs. Braun Strowman for a shot at the Intercontinental Title, Bret Hart appears, WWE Women's Tag Team Title match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  18. ^ "Women's World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley". WWE. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  19. ^ WWE.com Staff (September 9, 2024). "Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor". WWE. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  20. ^ WWE.com Staff (September 9, 2024). "CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (Hell in a Cell)". WWE. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
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